postliminious

English

Etymology

See postliminium.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.