aedileship en · NOUN
Etymology
From aedile + -ship.
Meanings
- (historical) The office of an aedile.
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(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 art
1845, Thomas Arnold, From the Gaulish invasion to the end of the First Punic War:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ædileship | alternative | lexicographic | |
| aedileships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fr édilité (the office of an aedile) · pt edilato (the office of an aedile) · ca edilitat (the office of an aedile) · es edilidad (the office of an aedile)