Word of the Day:
aedile
What It Means
An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
Aedile in Context
“Some of these encroachments may have received permission from the town council or the local aediles. A handful of painted notices found on the outside of the Amphitheatre suggest that it was the aediles who authorised the street vendors plying their trade underneath the monument’s arches, and...”
Did You Know?
From Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”), from aedēs + -īlis.
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