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postliminous, a.|pəʊstˈlɪmɪnəs|
[f. L. post after + līmen, -in- threshold + -ous.]
†1. erron. Of or pertaining to postliminium; = postliminious 1. Obs. rare. (See note s.v. postliminary.)
1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 213 Fearing that by a postliminous way something should bee re-annexd both to Church and Crowne.
2. Subsequent; of the nature of an appendix; = postliminary 2: opposed to preliminary.
1714R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. II. 38 This, if I may so speak, is only a postliminous way of sinning. 1855Ld. Campbell in Life (1881) II. 338 That he [Macaulay] should thence give a postliminous sketch of subsequent English history to correspond with the preliminary sketch, prior to the reign of James II. |
