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Æʹdiles (2 syl.)

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Those who, in ancient Rome, had charge of the public buildings (œdes), such as the temples, theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, including roads and streets also.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Adroit
Adsidelta
Adullamites
Advauncer
Advent
Adversary (The)
Advocate (An)
Advocates Library
Advowson
Adytum
Ædiles
Ægeus
Æginetan Sculptures
Ægir
Ægis
Ægrotat
A E I (A—i)
Ælurus
Æmilian Law
Æmonia Æmonian
Æneas

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Ædiles