postponement

[English postpone; -ment.] The act of postponing or putting off to a future time; a temporary delay or adjournment. "A postponement of a few days appeared to be inevitable."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch, xv. *post-pōn-ençe, s. [Lat. postponens , pr. par. of postpono to postpone (q. v.).] The act of postponing or settling a thing below another in value, importance, or estimation. "Noting preference or postponence."-Johnson: Dict., s. v. Of . post-pōn-er, s. [English postpon (e); -er.] One who postpones; one who defers or delays; a procrastinator. "These postponers never enter upon religion at all; in earnest or effectually."- Paley : Sermon 30. *post-põşe', v. t . [Fr. post poser , from Lat. post = after, and Fr. poser =to place.] 1. To place or set after. towards him." Howell: Vocall For "He post pos eth filiall and paternal love to his favor 2. To postpone, to defer. *post-põş'-It, v . t . [Lat. post posit us , pa. par. of postpono =to postpone (q.v.).] To place or set after; to postpone. "Often in our love to her, our love to God is swallowed and post posited ."- Feltham : On St. Luke , p. 828. post-sçē-ni-ŭm, subst . [Lat., from post =after, behind, and scena a scene (q. v.).] Arch.: The back part of a theater, behind the scenes. *post-scribe', v. t. [Lat. postscribo = to write after, to add in writing: post =after, and scribo =to write.] To write after; to add in writing. "It was but mannerly of Bellarmine to post scribe two of his tomes with Laus Deo Virgin i que Matri Mariæ ."Adams: Works , ii. 7.