Definition/Meaning of postil

• English - Noun: postil (plural postils) (archaic) A Bible commentary written in its margins. A marginal note . A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture. A collection of homilies.
• English - Verb: postil (third-person singular simple present postils, present participle (US) postiling or (UK) postilling, simple past and past participle (US) postiled or (UK) postilled) (transitive) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss . 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby…
• English - References: postil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913
• English - Anagrams: pilots , pistol , sploit , spoilt
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla , probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”). Etymology 2. From Late Latin postillo .