postil

British  

/ ˈpɒstɪl /

noun

1. a commentary or marginal note, as in a Bible

2. a homily or collection of homilies

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verb

1. obsolete to annotate (a biblical passage)

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

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

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