Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aedility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aedil-i-ty
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.

Example Sentences

"Their trunke or hand is most easie to be cut off; for so it happened in the aedility or temple office of Claudius, Antonius and Posthumus being consuls..."
"To commemorate his aedility Agrippa added public games lasting for 59 days as well as free admission to 170 public baths."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedīlitās, from Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”), from aedēs + -īlis. By surface analysis, aedile + -ity.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aedīlis
Suffix: aedēs

Inflected Forms

aedilities (plural) ædility (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

aedile

Questions

What does aedility mean?: The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
Where does aedility come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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