edile
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At waterside, Does the shocked eeler lay his congers by, Sighting a Reo driven by an edile?
From Time Magazine Archive
Neither priest nor edile would they encounter until their return to the same church-tower.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various
Marcus Agrippa, when he was edile, opened one hundred and seventy private baths, for the use of the people.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
The first Gordian, when edile, gave twelve spectacles, in each of which from one hundred and fifty to five hundred pair of gladiators appeared.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
London, we must repeat, has had no edile.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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