Registration No. 333-46253
                                                               Filed Pursuant to
                                                                  Rule 424(b)(3)

                               CINTAS CORPORATION

                          30,189 shares of Common Stock
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     This  Prospectus  relates to 30,189  shares of Common  Stock,  without  par
value,  of  Cintas  Corporation,  a  Washington  corporation  ("Cintas"  or  the
"Company").  These  shares are being  offered  for sale by  Barbara A.  Meiners,
Christopher  T. Meiners,  Phillip G. McDonald,  Richard E. Becht,  Mark Misback,
Larry L. Schweitzer,  Blair Wright, Doris K. Misback, Robert D. Anderson, Eileen
M. McGinley and Daniel Martin (collectively the "Selling Shareholders"). Barbara
A. Meiners and  Christopher T. Meiners  acquired their shares in connection with
an acquisition by Cintas of First Aid Plus, Inc., a corporation previously owned
by them; the other Selling Shareholders,  including Phillip G. McDonald, Richard
E. Becht,  Mark Misback,  Larry L. Schweitzer,  Blair Wright,  Doris K. Misback,
Robert D. Anderson,  Eileen M. McGinley and Daniel Martin, acquired their shares
by gift from Barbara A. Meiners and Christopher T. Meiners.

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     The Common  Stock may be  offered  to the  public  from time to time by the
Selling Shareholders.  See "Selling Shareholders." The Company will receive none
of the proceeds  from the sale of the Common  Stock by the Selling  Shareholders
but will pay certain of the expenses of this offering.  The Selling Shareholders
will  bear  certain  costs  of this  offering,  including  the  commissions  and
discounts of any underwriters,  dealers and agents and the legal expenses of the
Selling  Shareholders.  The  Common  Stock  may  be  sold  directly  or  through
underwriters,  dealers or agents in market transactions or  privately-negotiated
transactions.  See "Plan of Distribution."  The Cintas Common Stock is traded in
the Nasdaq  National  Market  under the symbol  "CTAS." On March 12,  1998,  the
closing sales price of the Cintas Common Stock was $50-3/8.

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          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
            PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
            ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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                 The date of this Prospectus is March 13, 1998.





                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     The Company is subject to the informational  requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act"),  and in accordance  therewith  files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under file No. 0- 11399. Reports, proxy statements
and other  information  filed by the Company can be inspected  and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission, 450 Fifth Street N.W.,
Washington,  D.C. 20549 and at the Regional Offices of the Commission at 7 World
Trade Center,  Suite 1300, New York, New York, and at Northwestern  Atrium,  500
West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,  Illinois. Copies of such material can
be  obtained  at  prescribed  rates  from the  Public  Reference  Section of the
Commission at the address set forth above.  In addition,  material  filed by the
Company can be obtained and inspected at the offices of The Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc., 9513 Key West Avenue,  Rockville,  Maryland, 20850, on which the Company's
Common Stock is quoted.  The Company  files its reports,  proxy  statements  and
other  information  with  the  Commission  electronically,  and  the  Commission
maintains a Web site  located at  http://www.sec.gov  containing  such  reports,
proxy statements and other information.

     This Prospectus  constitutes a part of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Number 333-46253) filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933. This Prospectus  omits certain of the information  contained in the
Registration  Statement,  and  reference  is  hereby  made  to the  Registration
Statement  and to the exhibits  relating  thereto for further  information  with
respect to the Company and the shares offered hereby.  Any statements  contained
herein  concerning  the provisions of any documents are complete in all material
respects,  and,  in each  instance,  reference  is made to such copy filed as an
exhibit to the  Registration  Statement or otherwise  filed with the Commission.
Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

                      INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     The  following  documents  filed by the  Company  with the  Commission  are
incorporated into this Prospectus by reference:


(1)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1997.

(2)  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters  ended August 31, 1997 and
     November 30, 1997.

(3)  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, SEC File No. 0-11399,  registering the
     Company's  Common  Stock  under  Section  12 of  the  Exchange  Act,  which
     describes the class of securities being registered hereunder.






     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,  after the date of this  Prospectus and
prior to the termination of the offering of the shares offered hereby,  shall be
deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Prospectus  and to be part
hereof.

     Statements  contained in the documents  incorporated  by reference shall be
deemed to be modified and  superseded  to the extent that  statements  contained
herein modify or supersede such statements.

     THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED
HEREIN OR DELIVERED  HEREWITH.  THESE  DOCUMENTS (NOT INCLUDING  EXHIBITS TO THE
INFORMATION   THAT  IS  INCORPORATED  BY  REFERENCE  UNLESS  SUCH  EXHIBITS  ARE
SPECIFICALLY  INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE INFORMATION THAT THE PROSPECTUS
INCORPORATES) ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST,  WITHOUT CHARGE,  FROM
DAVID T.  JEANMOUGIN,  SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY,  6800
CINTAS BOULEVARD, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45262, PHONE (513) 459-1200.

                                   THE COMPANY

     Cintas  is a leader  in the  uniform  rental  and  sales  business  and has
particular expertise in designing,  planning and implementing corporate identity
uniform programs. The Company concentrates on uniform rental services and custom
uniform sales.  Revenues  received from uniform rental  services and non-uniform
rental items,  including dust mops,  entrance mats and wiping cloths,  accounted
for  approximately  88% of Cintas'  revenues for fiscal 1997. The balance of the
Company's  revenues are derived from custom uniform sales, the sale of first aid
and safety products,  consumable  cleanroom supplies and sales of related items.
The Company  provides uniform and related rental products and services through a
network of 130 rental locations and three cleanroom laundries and sells uniforms
to national customers through distribution centers located in Cincinnati,  Ohio,
Reno,  Nevada and Montgomery,  Alabama.  First aid and safety products are sold,
for the most part, by Cintas to independent  distributors who in turn sell these
products to industrial users. At its four garment  manufacturing  facilities the
Company  manufactures a substantial  portion of the uniform trousers and uniform
shirts supplied to its customers.

     During the past five years, Cintas has made several acquisitions of uniform
rental operations which  significantly  affected the Company's  revenues and net
income. These acquisitions were completed using cash,  seller-financing,  Cintas
Common Stock or a combination of these methods.  The Company intends to continue
to  expand,  through  both  internal  growth,  including  the  establishment  of
operations in new geographic areas, and by continuing its acquisition program of
both  uniform  rental  companies  and  companies  that  engage  in the  sale and
distribution of first aid and safety products.



     Cintas was  incorporated  under the laws of the State of Washington in 1986
and is the  successor to a business  begun in 1929.  Its  executive  offices are
located at 6800 Cintas Boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio 45262; telephone number (513)
459-1200.

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

     The  shares  offered  pursuant  to this  Prospectus  are being  sold by the
following,  all of which are being offered for sale hereby:  Barbara A. Meiners,
14,805 shares;  Christopher T. Meiners,  14,223 shares; Phillip G. McDonald, 232
shares;  Richard E.  Becht,  163 shares;  Mark  Misback,  186  shares;  Larry L.
Schweitzer,  139 shares;  Blair Wright, 116 shares; Doris K. Misback, 93 shares;
Robert D. Anderson, 93 shares; Eileen M. McGinley, 93 shares; and Daniel Martin,
46 shares.  The Selling  Shareholders own no other shares of Cintas Common Stock
and if all shares offered hereby are sold,  they will own no Cintas Common Stock
upon the  completion of this offering.  Shares  acquired by gift from the shares
owned by the Selling Shareholders may also be sold pursuant to the Prospectus by
any such donee.  This  prospectus may also be used by  transferrees,  assignees,
distributees and pledgees of the Selling Shareholders.

     On February 5, 1998,  First Aid Plus,  Inc. was acquired by Cintas  through
the merger of First Aid Plus, Inc. with a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Cintas. In
the merger,  Barbara A. Meiners and  Christopher T. Meiners  received the 30,189
shares of Cintas Common Stock described in this Prospectus in exchange for their
shares of First Aid Plus, Inc. capital stock. Barbara A. Meiners and Christopher
T. Meiners then gifted the following shares:  232 shares to Phillip G. McDonald;
163 shares to Richard E. Becht; 186 shares to Mark Misback;  139 shares to Larry
L.  Schweitzer;  116 shares to Blair Wright;  93 shares to Doris K. Misback;  93
shares to Robert D. Anderson; 93 shares to Eileen M. McGinley;  and 46 shares to
Daniel Martin.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

     The Company  will not receive any  proceeds  from the shares  being sold in
this offering.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     The  Common  Stock may be sold from time to time  directly  by the  Selling
Shareholders.  Alternatively,  the  Selling  Shareholders  may from time to time
offer the Common Stock through underwriters, dealers or agents. The distribution
of the Common  Stock by the Selling  Shareholders  may be effected  from time to
time in one or more  transactions  that may take place on the over-the-  counter
market   including   ordinary   broker's   transactions,    privately-negotiated
transactions or through sales to one or more  broker/dealers  for resale of such
securities as  principals,  at market prices  prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated  prices.  Usual
and customary or  specifically  negotiated  brokerage fees or commissions may be
paid by these holders in connection with such sales.

     The Company will pay certain expenses  incident to the offering and sale of
the Common  Stock to the  public.  The  Company  will not pay for,  among  other
expenses,  commissions and discounts of  underwriters,  dealers or agents or the
fees and expenses of counsel for the Selling Shareholders.




                                  LEGAL MATTERS

     The  legality of the Common  Stock  offered  hereby will be passed upon for
Cintas by Keating, Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., Cincinnati, Ohio, of which Donald
P.  Klekamp,  a Director  of the  Company,  is a  partner.  Members of that firm
beneficially own 307,934 shares of Cintas Common Stock.

                                     EXPERTS

     The consolidated financial statements of Cintas Corporation incorporated by
reference in Cintas  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
May 31, 1997, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent  auditors,  as
set  forth in  their  report  thereon  incorporated  by  reference  therein  and
incorporated  herein by reference in reliance  upon such report,  given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     No  person  is  authorized  to  give  any   information   or  to  make  any
representations  other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus and, if given or made, such informa tion or representations  must not
be relied upon as having been authorized. This Prospectus does not constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the
registered  securities to which it relates or an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to buy such securities in any  jurisdiction to any person to whom it
is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. Neither the
delivery  of  this   Prospectus  nor  any  sale  hereunder   shall,   under  any
circumstances,  create  any  implication  that  there  has been no change in the
affairs  of Cintas  since  the date  hereof  or that the  information  herein is
correct as of any time subsequent to its date.