postil in British English
(ˈpɒstɪl)
noun
1.
a
commentary
or
marginal
note, as in a
Bible
2.
a
homily
or collection of homilies
verbWord forms: -tils
,
-tiling
,
-tiled
or
-tils
,
-tilling
,
-tilled
3.
obsolete
to
annotate
(a
biblical
passage)
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Word origin
C15 (
postille
): from Old French
postille
from Medieval Latin
postilla,
perhaps from
post illa
(
verba textus
), after these words in the text, often the opening phrase of such an annotation