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Nov 19, 2008
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Ædiles

Æ′diles
(2 syl.).

Those who, in ancient Rome, had charge of the public buildings (ædes), such as the temples, theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, including roads and streets also.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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