Etymology

postillation

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Today it means: The act of postillating; writing of postils in a text, or (Christianity) preaching by exposition of Scripture. Full definition →

Latin postillatio
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  1. Latin · derived frompostillatio
  2. English todaypostillation

From Latin postillatio.

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