postliminious

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English

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Etymology

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See postliminium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəʊstlɪˈmɪniəs/, /pəʊstlɪˈmɪnjəs/

Adjective

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postliminious (not comparable)

  1. Contrived, done, or existing afterwards.
    Synonyms: postliminiar, postliminary
    • 1685 March 4 (Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, February 22, 1684–5”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. [], volume I, London: [] J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Thomas Bennet, [], →OCLC, pages 300–301:
      The Reaſon vvhy Men are ſo ſhort and vveak in Governing is, becauſe moſt Things fall out to them accidentally, and come not into any Compliance vvith their pre-conceiv'd Ends, but they are forced to comply ſubſequently, and to ſtrike in vvith Things as they fall out, by poſtliminious After-Applications of them to their Purpoſes, or by framing their Purpoſes to them.