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Postil   Listen
noun
Postil  n.  
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."
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.





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"Postil" Quotes from Famous Books



... on in the parish. With the advancing years, she became more and more detached, and apparently lost all interest in the things of this world. Now she just sat reading all the while in an old Postil, which she seemed to know ...
— Jerusalem • Selma Lagerlof


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