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                                                        EXHIBIT 24.1


                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related
Prospectus of Cintas Corporation for the registration of 114,723 shares
of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated July 8, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Cintas Corporation incorporated by reference in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 1996 and the related
financial statement schedule included therein, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.


                                     ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
September 6, 1996

