Postil
(Pos"til) n. [F. postille, apostille, LL. postilla, probably from L. post illa (sc. verba) after those
Cf. Apostil.]
1. Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence,
a marginal note; a comment.
Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible.
Foxe. 2. (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils
were composed by order of Charlemagne.
Postil
(Pos"til), v. t. [Cf. LL. postillare.] To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Bacon.
Postil
(Pos"til), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled or Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Postiling or Postilling.] To
write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture.
J. H. Newman. Postiler
(Pos"til*er) n. [Written also postiller.] One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the
text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne.
Postilion
(Pos*til"ion) n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See Post a postman.] One who
rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses
when one pair only is used. [Written also postillion.]
Postillate
(Pos"til*late) v. t. [LL. postillatus, p. p. of postillare.] To explain by marginal notes; to postil.
Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand.
C. Knight. Postillate
(Pos"til*late), v. i.
1. To write postils; to comment.
2. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.
Postillation
(Pos`til*la"tion) n. [LL. postillatio.] The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.
Postillator
(Pos"til*la`tor) n. [LL.] One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
Postiller
(Pos"til*ler) n. See Postiler.
Posting
(Post"ing) n.
1. The act of traveling post.
2. (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.
Posting house, a post house.
Postliminiar
(Post`li*min"i*ar) a. [See Postliminium.] Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. "Postliminious
after applications of them to their purposes." South.
Postliminiary
(Post`li*min"i*a*ry) a. Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium.
Postliminium
(||Post`li*min"i*um Post*lim"i*ny) n. [L. postliminium, post after + limen, liminis, a threshold.]
