Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

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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