Definitions for edile

edile e·dile

Spelling: [ee-dahyl]
IPA: /ˈi daɪl/

Edile is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in edile (deeil).

Definitions for edile

noun

  1. aedile.
  2. one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.

Origin of edile

1570-80; Latin aedīlis, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedēs; see aedicule) + -īlis -ile

Examples for edile

He soon after held the important offices of tribune, quæstor, and edile.

Agrippa, in that year when he was edile, put the last hand to the magnificence of these works.

Neither priest nor edile would they encounter until their return to the same church-tower.

From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.

Word Value for edile
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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