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aedileship

aedileship noun: the office of an aedile.

Noun

aedileship (plural aedileships)

  1. (historical) The office of an aedile.
  2. (historical) The period or duration of this office.
    • Two brothers of this name were, as we have seen, the authors of the law which threw open the offices of augur and pontifex to the commons, and afterwards in their aedileship they ornamented the city with several works of art1845, Thomas Arnold, From the Gaulish invasion to the end of the First Punic War

Forms of aedileship

pluralaedileships
alternative formædileship

Origin of aedileship

From aedile + -ship.

Questions about aedileship

What does aedileship mean?
Aedileship means the office of an aedile.
What part of speech is aedileship?
Aedileship is a noun.
What is the plural of aedileship?
The plural of aedileship is aedileships.

Words near aedileship in the dictionary

  1. aedicule
  2. aedicules
  3. aedificichnia
  4. aedile
  5. aediles
  6. aedileship
  7. aedileships
  8. aedilian
  9. aedilic
  10. aedilities
  11. aedility

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