Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To write or deliver a postil.
- To explain or illustrate by a postil.
- noun A note or comment on some passage of Scripture, written in the margin of a Bible, and so called because it followed the text; any explanatory remark or comment on the text of the Bible; hence, any marginal note.
- noun A series of comments, specifically on Scripture; a commentary, or written exposition.
- noun A sermon or homily; specifically, a homily following and treating of the liturgical gospel; also, a collection of such homilies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment.
- noun (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture.
- intransitive verb To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
- transitive verb To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A Bible commentary written in its margins.
- noun A
marginal note . - noun A short
homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture. - noun A
collection of homilies. - verb transitive To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to
gloss . - verb intransitive To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to
postillate .
Etymologies
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From French postille ("marginal note"), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) ("after those (words)")
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From Late Latin postillo
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whichbe commented on the word postil
Note in margin; comment. (From Luciferous Logolepsy)
Now Wordie users can be considering "Going Postil".
July 6, 2008