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† eˈdituate v. Obs. nonce-wd.
[f. L. ædituāt-, ppl. stem of ædituāri, f. æditu-us, transl. νεωκόρος ‘temple-keeper’ in Acts xix. 35, where the ‘town-clerk’ of Ephesus speaks of that city as ‘temple-keeper’ (A.V. ‘worshipper’) of Diana.]
(See quot.)
1646J. G[regory] Notes & Obs. x. (1684) 49 The Devotion whereof could not but move the City [Ephesus]..to affect the Dignity and Title of the νεωκόρος, to ædituate such a piece of Divine Office. 1732in Coles. 1775in Ash. 1818in Todd; and in mod. Dicts. |