postil

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

• enPR: pŏs'təl, IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstɪl/, /ˈpɒstəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

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.

• apostil, apostille

From Late Latin postillo.

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.
   • 1622, 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, →OCLC:

     postilled in the margin

2. (intransitive) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

• “postil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• spoilt, sploit, pilots, potlis, Toplis, pistol