单词 | postil |
释义 | postiln. Now archaic or historical. 1. A marginal note or comment, esp. on a biblical text. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note > marginal note postilc1395 apostil1527 by-note1579 marginal1606 postillism1626 side note1730 marginalia1819 c1395 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal 1 C.viii) (1850) Isa. Prol. 225 This seith a postille on Jeroms prolog on Ysaie. c1450 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Emmanuel) 1 Cor. Prol. 686 A postille here: ‘Poul wroot this pistil to Corinthis, that ben of Acaie,’ [etc.]. 1587 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 283/2 Pointes of the memoriall..with postils to the same. 1615 Sir R. Cotton in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 163 The Duke's letter..answered by way of postle..3 proposition[s]. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 189 These his Lordship had..titled..Impudent Assertions, to which I will annex a Postil for explanation. 1891 A. M. Earle Sabbath in Puritan New Eng. xii. 166 Tender little memorial postils are frequently written on the margins of the pages. 1992 Sci. Amer. Dec. 59/2 In a postil to chapter 12, Columbus writes that ‘at these two extremities..there are savages who eat human flesh’. 2. In plural. A set of such comments, a commentary, an exposition; spec. an expository discourse or homily on a Gospel or Epistle, read or intended to be read in a church service. Also in singular: a book of these expositions or homilies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of lorespellc1000 sermona1200 predicationa1325 preachingc1350 collation1417 preachmentc1460 postils1483 preacha1550 exercise1597 sermocination1645 pronea1670 stick1759 society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > sermon book postils1483 homiliary1844 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] expositiona1464 postils1483 commenta1522 commentary?1548 enarration1570 interpretation1572 commentation1579 margent1579 commentar1641 scholiasting1678 subnotation1705 margin1824 intertext1986 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 244/1 Mayster Alysaundre..reherseth in hys postillys upon this worde mercy and trouthe haue mette togydre. 1540 R. Taverner (title) Postils. 1566 T. Becon (title) A new Postil Conteinyng most Godly and learned sermons vpon all the Sonday Gospelles. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 355/1 The sayd Langthon also, made postiles vpon the whole Bible. 1605 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 141 Item a postell, a Comunion booke, a salter. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 290 He wrote Postills on the Proverbs, and other Sermons. 1710 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. (ed. 2) iii. 434 He wrote also..some Postils or Homilies on the Gospels. 1714 H. Wanley Let. 30 Aug. (1989) 302 I found there..vulgar Latin Bibles, Psalters, Primers, and other Books of Superstitious Devotion, Old Scholemen, Postils, Sermons, and such trash. 1864 J. H. Gurney Four Eccl. Biogr. 302 Of his own sermons or postils, as they were called—short expositions generally of the Scripture portion for the day—hundreds are scattered through libraries in M.S. 1888 Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 136 The old prayer-books and the old Lutheran postils were still frequently used. 1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXVII. 114/2 Holcot's unpublished works are: 1. Postils on the twelve Minor Prophets [etc.]. 1909 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics II. 609/1 There were the select passages for Sunday in the so-called Plenaries, Postils, and Books of the Gospels and the Epistles. 1989 C. Morris Papal Monarchy (1991) xx. 513 Hugh of St Cher..produced glosses or postills on the Bible which were in enormous demand. Compounds† General attributive, as postil gloss, postil mass, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1554 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 61 The xxx day of Aprell began the postyll-mas at Powles. a1679 T. Goodwin in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xl. 7 Rejected, as being too like a postil gloss. DerivativesΚΠ a1635 R. Sibbes Bowels Opened (1639) 88 Too much curiosity is lothsome and postill-like, and calleth the mind too much from the kernell to the shell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). postilv. Now archaic and rare. 1. transitive. To make or write comments on, or marginal notes in; to comment upon, annotate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > annotate > with marginal notes postila1464 postillate?a1475 margin1595 marginate1609 margent1610 apostil1637 marginala1641 postillize1691 admarginatea1834 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 121 Hewe a cardinal of þe order of Prechoures, þat postiled al þe Bible. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xx. Comm. Melancthon postilling the first Precept, sayth: Papistes invocate Sainctes, and worship Images. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 211 In some places Postilled in the Margent with the Kings hand. 1872 J. E. B. Mayor in Jrnl. Philol. 290 Schoolmasters and undergraduates, who..are accustomed to ‘postil’ their lexicons. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiv. 99 As for finding a book postiled in the margins, that is worse than branding the flesh of a virgin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentaries [verb (intransitive)] postila1529 scholy1597 scholiaze1645 commentate1828 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.iiv To postell vpon a kyry. 1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 33 That vaine of postilling and allegorising on Scripture, which for a long time had prevailed in the Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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