ÆDILE, in Roman antiquity, a magistrate whose business it was to superintend buildings of all kinds, but more especially public ones, as temples, aquæducts, high-ways, bridges, &c.
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ÆDILE, in Roman antiquity, a magistrate whose business it was to superintend buildings of all kinds, but more especially public ones, as temples, aquæducts, high-ways, bridges, &c.