postil

See also: постіль

English

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Etymology 1

From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏs'təl, IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstɪl/, /ˈpɒstəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Noun

postil (plural postils)

1. (archaic) A Bible commentary written in its margins.
2. A marginal note.
3. A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture.
4. A collection of homilies.

Related terms

• apostil, apostille

Translations

marginal note

Finnish: reunahuomautus German: Randbemerkung (de) f, Randnotiz (de) f, Marginalie (de) f Russian: пости́лла f (postílla)

short homily

Russian: пости́лла f (postílla)

collection of homilies

Finnish: postilla (fi), saarnakokoelma, hartauskirja German: Postille (de) f Portuguese: postil m Spanish: sermonario m Swedish: postilla (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Late Latin postillo.

Verb

postil (third-person singular simple present postils, present participle (US) postiling or (UK) postilling, simple past and past participle (US) postiled or (UK) postilled)

1. (transitive) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

     postilled in the margin

2. (intransitive) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

Derived terms

• postiller

References

• “postil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• spoilt, sploit, pilots, potlis, Toplis, pistol