Definition of postil Postil
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We found 11 definitions of postil from 3 different sources.
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What does postil mean?
Wiktionary 
- postil (Noun)
A Bible commentary written in its margins. - postil (Noun)
A marginal note. - postil (Noun)
A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture. - postil (Noun)
A collection of homilies. - postil (Verb)
To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. - postil (Verb)
To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- postil (n.)
Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment. - postil (n.)
A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne. - postil (v. t.)
To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. - postil (v. i.)
To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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postil
pos′til, n. a note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text or other words: a marginal note: (R.C.) a homily read after the gospel.—v.t. and v.i. to make such notes.—n. Postil′la, a sermon or homily explanatory of the gospel in the mass: any sermon.—v.t. and v.i. Pos′tillate, to write or deliver a postil.—ns. Postillā′tion; Pos′tiller, one who comments: a preacher. [O. Fr. postille (It. postilla)—Low L. postilla—L. post illa (verba), after those (words).]
