v. Obs. nonce-wd. [f. L. ædituāt-, ppl. stem of ædituāri, f. æditu-us, transl. νεωκόρος ‘temple-keeper’ in Acts xix. 35, where the ‘town-clerk’ of Ephesus speaks of that city as ‘temple-keeper’ (A.V. ‘worshipper’) of Diana.] (See quot.)
1646. J. G[regory], Notes & Observ., x. (1684), 49. The Devotion whereof could not but move the City [Ephesus] … to affect the Dignity and Title of the Νεωκόρος, to ædituate such a piece of Divine Office.
1732. in Coles.
1775. in Ash.
1818. in Todd; and in mod. Dicts.
