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Postil — or Postilla: A medieval Latin term for a marginal note or a Biblical commentary affixed to a text, being an abbreviation of the phrase post illa verba textus . The word first occurs in the chronicle (with reference to examples of 1228 and 1238)… … Wikipedia
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. [1913 Webster] Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. J. H. Newman. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Postil — Pos til, v. t. [Cf. LL. postillare.] To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postil·la — pos|til|·la Mot Pla Nom femení … Diccionari Català-Català
postil — [ pɒstɪl] noun archaic a marginal note or a commentary, especially on a biblical text. Origin ME: from OFr. postille, from med. L. postilla, perh. from L. post illa (verba) after those words , written as a direction to a scribe … English new terms dictionary
postil — pos·til … English syllables
postil — Постилла … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
postil — n. note in margin; comment … Dictionary of difficult words
postil — po|stil sb., len, ler, lerne (prædikensamling) … Dansk ordbog
