aedileshipn.
/ˈiːdʌɪlʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈidaɪlˌʃɪp/ The office of an aedile; (also) the duration of the term of office of an aedile.
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1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline vii. f. 12 Cicero..also made thre playes in the tyme of his edileshyp.
1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie iii. f. 23v Standing in ye election for yt office of AEdileshippe.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. ii.563 The plaies exhibited by him in his Ædileship.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. v. §19. 564/1 M. Agrippa in his Edileship (after he had been Consul) caused seven Rivers to meet together under the City in one main Chanel.
1747 J. Spence Polymetis i. v. 42 Scaurus,..in his ædileship, had no less than three thousand statues and relievo's for the mere ornamenting of the stage.
1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 60 The two Scipios..have their ædileships as well as their censorships and consulships recorded.
1885 Theatre June 281 He was once invited to a ball at the Hotel de Ville during the edileship of Rambuteau of ‘Vespasiennes’ notoriety.
1914 J. C. Rolfe tr. Suetonius Lives Caesars I. i. 11 For a few days before he entered upon his aedileship he was suspected of having made a conspiracy with Marcus Crassus.
1991 Classical Rev. 41 416 The aedileship, the office through which it would be necessary to pass to reach the duovirate, also had only two members each year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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