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Definition of Postils

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 Postils from wikipedia

- consisting of homilies or formal sermons, is termed a postil. A few of the most famous Lutheran postils are those of M. Luther (Kirchenpostille, Wittenberg...
- Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil; September 29, 1944) is an American composer, best known for his television theme music for various shows, including...
- Academy in Vilnius, published two postils in Polish – a larger one in 1573–1575 and a smaller in 1579–1580. The large postil was aimed at well educated clergy...
- from both Pietism and rationalism by reusing old catechisms, hymnbooks, postils, and devotional writings, including those written by Johann Gerhard, Heinrich...
- 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...
- 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....
- "Sermon for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity; Matthew 24:15–28", Church Postil, 1525 J. H. Merle D'aubigne's History of the Reformation of the Sixteen...
- social-political life of the state. In 1599, Mikalojus Daukša published his Postil and in its prefaces he expressed that the Lithuanian language situation...
- Natalie Hershlag 1981- Israeli-American actress Mike Post Leland Michael Postil 1944- American composer El Potro Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno 1973-2000 Argentine...
- notable sermon on this feast day, which is still available in his Church Postils, and most Lutheran hymnals prior to the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship contain...