| 单词 |
ædility |
| 释义 |
ædility|iːˈdɪlɪtɪ| Also 6 edylite. [ad. L. ædīlitātem the office of ædile: see ædile and -ty.] The office, or term of office, of an ædile; ædileship; superintendence of public works.
1540Whittinton Tullyes Offices ii. 98 A lytle after Lucius Crassus occupyed the roume of the edylite. 1607Topsell Four-footed Beasts (1673) 374 Lucius Sylla, in the office of his ædility, or oversight of the Temple. 1881Daily Tel. 28 Jan., The singularly energetic action of the Metropolitan Board proves in one respect how miserably weak is our general system of ‘ædility.’ |

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