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Definition of Postil

Postil
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 marginal note; a comment. Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible. --Foxe. 2. (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.
Postil
Postil Pos"til, v. t. [Cf. LL. postillare.] To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. --Bacon.
Postil
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. Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. --J. H. Newman.

Meaning of Postil from wikipedia

- A postil or postill (Latin: postilla; German: Postille) was originally a term for Bible commentaries. It is derived from the Latin post illa verba textus...
- Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944) is an American composer, best known for his television theme music for various shows, including...
- sermon is the more appropriate word in these cases. Homiliarium Homiletics Postil Dharma talk D'var Torah Homilies for Sundays and Holidays "Origen of Alexandria—Homily...
- social-political life of the state. In 1599, Mikalojus Daukša published his Postil and in its prefaces he expressed that the Lithuanian language situation...
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- Wolfenbüttel Postil is the oldest known postil (m****cript) written in the Lithuanian language, 1573...
- he viewed as "only play-acting" and "just vain idolatry". In one of his postils (homilies), he wrote I am to no festival more hostile … than this one....
- both Pietism and rationalism through reusing old catechisms, hymnbooks, postils, and devotional writings, including those written by Johann Gerhard, Heinrich...
- A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-567-08823-9. Luther, Martin (1905). Luther's Church Postil Gospels: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany sermons. 1905. Lutherans in All...
- cannot be called a false doctrine." Sermons of Martin Luther: the House Postils, Eugene F.A. Klug, ed. and trans., 3 vols., (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker...