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 17,487 shares of its common stock and to the
incorporation  by  reference  therein  of our report  dated  July 2, 1998,  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, 1998 and the related financial schedule included therein, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.




                                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Cincinnati, Ohio
March 11, 1999