CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in
the  Registration   Statement  (Form  S-3)  and  related  Prospectus  of  Cintas
Corporation  for the  registration  of 593,029 shares of its common stock and to
the  incorporation  by reference  therein of our reports  dated July 1, 1999 and
August 23,  1999,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  and
schedule,  respectively,  of Cintas  Corporation  incorporated  by reference and
included,  respectively, in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended May
31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                           /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
June 12, 2000