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▪ I. postil, n. Now only Hist.|ˈpɒstɪl|
Forms: 5 (9) postille, (6 posthill), 6–7 postell, 6–7 (9) postill, 7 postel, postle, 5– postil.
[ME. a. F. postille (1357 in Godef.), = It., Pg. postilla, Sp. postela, ad. med.L. postilla a gloss on the gospel. Of uncertain origin: Du Cange suggests, from the words ‘post illa (verba textus)’ ‘after those (words of the text)’, with which the postil may have been introduced. Another suggestion is that the word is a dim. of posta in sense ‘page’: evidence is wanting. See also apostil n.]
1. A marginal note or comment upon a text of Scripture, or upon any passage or writing.
c1420Wyclif's Bible IV. 686 b, Prol. 1 Cor. (MS. Em. Coll. 2), A postille here.—Poul wroot this pistil to Corinthis, that ben of Acaie [etc.]. 1587in 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. (1872) 283/2 Pointes of the memoriall..with postils to the same. 1615Sir R. Cotton in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 163 The Duke's letter..answered by way of postle..3 proposition[s]. a1734North Lives (1826) I. 399 These his lordship had..titled..‘Impudent Assertions’, to which I will annex a postil for explanation. 1891A. M. Earle Sabbath in Puritan N. Eng. xii. 166 Tender little memorial postils are frequently written on the margins of the pages.
2. A series of such comments, a commentary or exposition; spec. an expository discourse or homily upon the Gospel or Epistle for the day, read or intended to be read in the church service.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 244/1 Mayster Alysaundre..reherseth in hys postillys upon this worde mercy and trouthe haue mette togydre. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 248/1 The said Langton also made postils vpon the whole Bible. a1661Fuller Worthies, Northampt. (1662) ii. 290 He wrote Postills on the Proverbs, and other Sermons. 1710tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. I. iii. 434 He wrote also..some Postils or Homilies on the Gospels.
b. A book of such homilies.
1566Becon (title) A new Postil Conteinyng most Godly and learned sermons vpon all the Sonday Gospelles. 1605Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 141 Item a postell, a Comunion booke, a salter. 1888Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 136 The old prayer⁓books and the old Lutheran postils were still frequently used.
3. attrib. and Comb.
a1635Sibbes Bowels Op. iii. Wks. 1859 II. 40 Too much curiosity is loathsome and postill-like and calleth the mind too much from the kernel to the shell. a1679T. Goodwin in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xl. 7 Rejected, as being too like a postil gloss. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. III. xiii. 120 April 30 [1554] began the postil mass at St. Paul's, at five a clock in the morning every day.
▪ II. † postil, v. Obs.
[a. obs. F. postil(l)er (15th c. in Godef.), ad. med.L. postillāre (1243 Trivet in Du Cange), f. postilla postil n. See also apostil v.]
1. trans. To make or write comments on, or marginal notes in; to comment upon, annotate.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 154 Hewe a cardinal of the order of Prechoures, that postiled al the Bible. 1609Bible (Douay) Exod. xx. Comm., Melancthon postilling the first Precept, sayth: Papistes invocate Sainctes, and worship Images. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 211 In some places Postilled in the Margent with the Kings hand. 1872J. E. B. Mayor in Jrnl. Philol. 290 Schoolmasters and undergraduates, who..are accustomed to ‘postil’ their lexicons.
2. intr. To write comments.
a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 755 To postell upon a kyry. 1617Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 19 That vein of postilling and allegorising on Scripture, which for a long time had prevailed in the Church. |