Æʹdiles (2 syl.).

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.

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