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postliminious, a.|pəʊstlɪˈmɪnɪəs| [f. as prec. + -ous.] 1. Of or pertaining to postliminium. rare.
1656Blount Glossogr., Postliminious, pertaining to the return of one, who was thought to be dead, or to the receiving that again, which had been alienated, or lost. 2. erron. Done or contrived subsequently; subsequent; = postliminous 2. (See postliminary.)
1684–5South Serm. (1697) I. 337 They are forced..to strike in with things as they fall out, by post-liminious after-applications of them to their purposes. 1804F. Plowden (title) A Postliminious Preface to the Historical Review of the State of Ireland. 1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 268/1 The large work..to which this pamphlet, with Irish aptness, is entitled a Postliminious preface. 1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 396 Every reel has a kiss by way of introduction and postliminious preface. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. II. xiv. 146 Mr. Holme Sumner..told the House of Commons that my room had a view over the Surrey hills... I could not feel obliged to him for this postliminious piece of enjoyment. |