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.
1540. Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, II. 98. A lytle after Lucius Crassus occupyed the roume of the edylite.
1607. Topsell, Four-footed Beasts (1673), 374. Lucius Sylla, in the office of his ædility, or oversight of the Temple.
1881. Daily Tel., 28 Jan. The singularly energetic action of the Metropolitan Board proves in one respect how miserably weak is our general system of ‘ædility.’
