postil
Britishnoun
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a commentary or marginal note, as in a Bible
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a homily or collection of homilies
verb
Etymology
Origin of postil
C15 ( postille ): from Old French postille from Medieval Latin postilla, perhaps from post illa ( verba textus ), after these words in the text, often the opening phrase of such an annotation
Example Sentences
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The mother went a little oftener, but as a rule something else turned up about the time she ought to start, and so she stayed home and read a chapter in some Lutheran postil instead.
From The Soul of a Child by Björkman, Edwin
The first favour which he obtained for me was, that I was granted another apartment on July 16, 1671, and Bishop D. Jesper’s postil.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
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