Pos`til*la"tion (?), n. [LL. postillatio.] The act of postillating;
exposition of Scripture in preaching.
Pos"til*la`tor (?), n. [LL.] One who postillates; one who expounds the
Scriptures verse by verse.
Pos"til*ler (?), n. See Postiler.
Post"ing (?), n. 1. The act of traveling post.
2. (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the
journal to the ledger.
Posting house, a post house.
Post`li*min"i*ar (?), a. [See Postliminium.] Contrived, done, or
existing subsequently. "Postliminious after applications of them to
their purposes." South.
Post`li*min"i*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or involving, the right of
postliminium.
{ ||Post`li*min"i*um (?), Post*lim"i*ny (?), } n. [L. postliminium,
post after + limen, liminis, a threshold.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The return
to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone
to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an
enemy. Burrill.
2. (Internat. Law) The right by virtue of which persons and things
taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming
again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. Kent.
Post"lude (?), n. [Pref. post- + -lude, as in prelude.] (Med.) A
voluntary at the end of a service.
Post"man (?), n.; pl. Postmen (&?;). 1. A post or courier; a letter
carrier.
2. (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court
of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the
place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.
Whishaw.
Post"mark` (?), n. The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter,
giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
Post"mark`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postmarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Postmarking.] To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a
letter or parcel.
Post"mas`ter (?), n. 1. One who has charge of a station for the
accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and
forwarding of mails.
Post"mas`ter-gen"er*al (?), n.; pl. Postmasters-general. The chief
officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United
States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
Post"mas`ter*ship, n. The office of postmaster.
Post`me*rid"i*an (?), a. [L. postmeridianus; post after + meridianus.
See Meridian.] 1. Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being
in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)