Definition for E'DILE

E'DILE, n. [L. ædilis, from ædes, a building.]

A Roman magistrate whose chief business was to superintend buildings of all kinds, more especially public edifices, temples, bridges, aqueducts, &c. The ediles had also the care of the highways, public places, weights and measures, &c. Encyc.

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