Meanings
nounaedileship (plural aedileships)
plural aedileships · alternative ædileship
- historicalThe office of an aedile.
- historicalThe 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 art
1845, Thomas Arnold, From the Gaulish invasion to the end of the First Punic War
Origin
Translations
Catalan edilitat
- edilitatthe office of an aedile
French édilité
- édilitéthe office of an aedile
Portuguese edilato
- edilatothe office of an aedile
Spanish edilidad
- edilidadthe office of an aedile
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APA
aedileship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aedileship
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Chicago
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