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postil

postil


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Postil  \Pos"til\,  n.  [F.  postille,  apostille,  LL  postilla, 
  probably  from  L.  post  illa  (sc.  verba)  after  those  (words). 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Postil  \Pos"til\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  LL  postillare.] 
  To  write  marginal  or  explanatory  notes  on  to  gloss.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.