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postliminious

/pəʊstlɪˈmɪniəs/

postliminious adjective: contrived, done, or existing afterwards.

Adjective

postliminious (not comparable)

  1. Contrived, done, or existing afterwards.
    • The Reaſon vvhy Men are ſo ſhort and vveak in Governing is, becauſe moſt Things fall out to them accidentally, and come not into any Compliance vvith their pre-conceiv'd Ends, but they are forced to comply ſubſequently, and to ſtrike in vvith Things as they fall out, by poſtliminious...1685 March 3 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, February 22, 1684–5”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several...
    Synonyms:
    postliminiar, postliminary

Synonyms of postliminious

Origin of postliminious

See postliminium.

Questions about postliminious

What does postliminious mean?
Postliminious means contrived, done, or existing afterwards.
What part of speech is postliminious?
Postliminious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce postliminious?
Postliminious is pronounced /pəʊstlɪˈmɪniəs/.

Words near postliminious in the dictionary

  1. postlimbal
  2. postliminary
  3. postliminia
  4. postliminiary
  5. postliminies
  6. postliminious
  7. postliminium
  8. postliminous
  9. postliminy
  10. postlingual
  11. postlingually

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