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postil

/ˈpɒstɪl/

postil noun: a Bible commentary written in its margins.

Noun

postil (plural postils)

  1. (archaic) A Bible commentary written in its margins.
  2. A marginal note.
  3. A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture.
  4. A collection of homilies.

Verb

postil (third-person singular simple present postils, present participle (US) postiling or (UK) postilling, simple past and past participle (US) postiled or (UK) postilled)

  1. (transitive) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.
    • postilled in the margin1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  2. (intransitive) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

postil meaning in Tamil

postil in Tamil

ஓரக்குறிப்பு

Forms of postil

Noun
pluralpostils
Verb
third-person singular presentpostils
present participle USpostiling
present participle UKpostilling
past participle USpostiled
past USpostiled
past participle UKpostilled
past UKpostilled

Origin of postil

From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”).

From Late Latin postillo.

Words formed from postil

Words that rhyme with postil

Questions about postil

What does postil mean?
Postil means a Bible commentary written in its margins.
What is postil in Tamil?
Postil in Tamil is ஓரக்குறிப்பு. See Postil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postil?
Postil can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce postil?
Postil is pronounced /ˈpɒstɪl/.
What is the plural of postil?
The plural of postil is postils.

Words near postil in the dictionary

  1. postictally
  2. posticteric
  3. postideological
  4. postie
  5. posties
  6. postil
  7. postiled
  8. postiler
  9. postilers
  10. postiling
  11. postilion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postil (page history and authors); postil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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