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单词 postillating
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postillatingn.

Brit. /ˈpɒstᵻleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑstəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postillate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < postillate v. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later in the relevant sense) + -ing suffix1.
Now historical and rare.
The action or practice of writing or preaching from postils.
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1781 R. Henry Hist. Great Brit. IV. vii. 422 The clergy..chiefly used two ways of preaching. The first of these was called Postillating; and those who used it were called Postillators.
1831 R. Vaughan Life & Opinions John de Wycliffe (ed. 2) II. i. 20 The ancient practice of declaring was ere long nearly abolished, and the far better custom of postillating was rendered much less frequent.
a1833 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. (1856) I. 374 Postillating consisted in expounding a large portion of Scripture, sentence after sentence.
1864 D. P. Kidder Homiletics iv. 95 With the..Reformation both the idea and the practice of postillating were superseded by evangelical preaching.
2008 S. E. Lahey John Wycliff v. 150 Postillating and glossing were serious business for the evangelical doctor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

postillatingadj.

Brit. /ˈpɒstᵻleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑstəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postillate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Apparently < postillate v. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense) + -ing suffix2.
Now historical and rare.
That writes or preaches from postils; (also) that employs this technique.
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1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 38 A poore Postillating Polyanthean Clergy-man.
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 134 To be dealt withall by any Postillating Breuiarist.
1846 Southern Q. Rev. July 59 His sermons seem to lie in a mean between the declaring and postillating styles of the days of Wicklif.
1962 D. W. Robertson Pref. to Chaucer iii. ii. 175 During the earlier Middle Ages the sermon was customarily a ‘postillating’ exposition of the text for the day.
2008 S. E. Lahey John Wyclif v. 150 Beryl Smalley, the greatest scholar of Wyclif's Postilla, distills his postillating formula into a simple recipe: ‘use Auriol's Compendium as a mould, pour in Lyre, flavour with Augustine, and sprinkle with Grosseteste.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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