EXHIBIT 23
                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
of Cintas Corporation of our report dated July 6, 2000, included in the 2000
Annual Report to Shareholders of Cintas Corporation.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Cintas Corporation
listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered
in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
Number 33-56623 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Partners' Plan, Registration
Statement Number 33-23228 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Incentive Stock Option
Plan, Registration Statement Number 33-71124 on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1990
Directors Plan and 1992 Stock Option Plan and Registration Statement Number
333-75015 on Form S-8 pertaining to the Unitog Company 1992 and 1997 Stock
Option Plans, of our report dated July 6, 2000, with respect to the financial
statements of Cintas Corporation incorporated by reference in, and of our
opinion with respect to the financial statement schedule of Cintas Corporation
listed in Item 14(a) included in, this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended May 31, 2000.



                                                               Ernst & Young LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
August 22, 2000



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