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|lshtext=<b>aedĭtŭus</b>: i, m. [[aedes]]-[[tueor]]; [[quasi]] a tuendis aedibus appellatus, Gell. 12, 10,<br /><b>I</b> a [[keeper]] of a [[temple]], a sacristan, [[ἱεροφύλαξ]] ([[first]] used in [[polite]] [[language]] in the [[time]] of [[Varro]] for aeditumus; v. the [[word]] and the [[passage]] cited from Varr.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 48: aeditui custodesque [[mature]] sentiunt, etc., * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Suet. Dom. 1 al. It belonged also to the [[office]] of the aeditui to [[conduct]] strangers [[through]] the [[temple]], and [[point]] [[out]] its curiosities, [[hence]] Horace says: quales aedituos habeat [[virtus]], [[what]] panegyrists, Ep. 2, 1, 230.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., priests, ministers (eccl.): erunt in sanctuario meo aeditui, Vulg. Ezech. 44, 1; ib. Ose. 10, 5.