post apostolic (postapostolik)

[L. post, after, + LL. apostolus, apostle: see apos tolic.] Subsequent to the era of the apostles. post arytenoid (post-ar-i-te'noid), a. and n. [ II. n. The postarytenoideus. postarytenoideus (post-ar"i-te-noi'dē-us), n.; pl. postarytenoidei (-1). [NL.: see postaryte noid.] The posterior crico-arytenoid muscle. post auditory (post-a'di-to-ri), a. [ postaxial (post-ak'si-al), a. [ post-butt (post'but), n. A block of stone or wood sunk in the ground as a support for a fence-post. post-calcaneal (post-kal-kāʼnē-al), a . [ post , behind, + NL. calcaneum + -al . ] Situ- ated behind the calcaneum: noting a lobe of the interfemoral membrane of the Chiropter a . post-canonical (post-ka-non'i-kal), a . Of later date than the canon; written after the close of the canon of Scripture. post-captain (post'kap"tān), n . See captain , 1 (b). post-card (pōst'kärd), n . Same as postal card (which see, under postal ) . [Great Britain.] post-carochet, n. A post-chaise. And, being to travel, he sticks not to lay His post - caroches still upon his way. IMG:content-0711.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0712.png:[blocks in formation] and interclavicle, is variously homologized by post-drill (post'dril), n. different writers. post clavicular (post-kla-vik'ū-lär), a . [ post- Knight. clavicle , after clavicular .] Of or pertaining to post-driver (post'drī"vėr), n . A bird, the stake- post clit ell i an (post-kli-tel'i-an), a. [L. post , behind, + NL. clitellum , q. v., + -ian .] Having the ducts of the testes opening behind, and not before or in, the clitellum, as certain earth- worms. post-coach (post'kōch), n. Same as post - chaise , IMG:content-0713.png:[blocks in formation] post communicant (post-ko-mu'ni-kant), a. [ post , behind, + com muni can (t-)s, ppr. of com muni care , communicate: see communicant .] IMG:content-0714.png:[blocks in formation] post-communion (post-ko-mu'nyon), n . and a . I. n. 1. The part of the liturgy or eucharistic office which succeeds the act of communion.- 2. A collect or prayer, or one of several pray- ers, said after communion. the act of communion; also, used after com- II. a. In liturgics , succeeding or following muni on: as, a post - communion collect; the post- communion veil. post costal (post-kos'tal), a . [L. post , behind, + costal is , costal: see costal . ] Placed next be- hind the costal nervure or vein of the wing, as a nervure of some insects' wings. - Post costal cel- lules or areolets, a name given by some of the older au- thors to one or more cells in the costal area exterior to the stigma: they are now generally known as the marginal or radial cells.- Post costal vein or nervure, the second main longitudinal vein immediately behind the costal vein: it is generally called the subcostal vein or cubitus . post coxal (post-kok's al), a . [L. post , behind, + NL. coxa , q. v., + -al .] In entom ., situated behind the coxæ, or coxal cavities. post cruciate (post-kröʻshi-at), a. [L. post , behind, + NL.cruciatus , cro -shaped, also tor- mented: see cruciate1 , 2.] Posterior to the cru- ciate fi ure of the cerebrum. Alien , and Neurol . (trans.), VI. 9. post cubital (post-kūʼbi-tal), a . [ post , be- hind, + cubitus , forearm: see cubital .] Situated upon the back of the forearm: specifically not- ing a group or set of cubital muscles. Coues. postdate (post'dāt), n. [= F. postdate = Pg. posdata ; as post- + date1 .] A date put on a document later than the actual date on which it was written. postdate (post-dāt′), v . t .; pret. and pp. post- dated , ppr. postdating . [= F. post dater = Pg. to postdate a contract (that is, to date it as if, for instance, it were made six months later than the actual date).-2. To date afterward; give post-day (post'dā), n. A day on which the post or mail arrives or departs. post diastolic (post-di-a-stol'ik), a . [L. post , behind, + Gr. διαστολή, dilatation: see diastol- ic .] After the diastole: said infelicitously of a cardiac murmur occurring at the beginning of the diastole. post dicrotic (post-di-krot'ik), a . [ dicrotic , q. v.] Coming after the dicrotic wave: said of a secondary wave ind i- cated in the sphygmograms of some pulses. postdiluvial (post-di-lū'vi-al), a . after, + diluvium , deluge: see diluvial .] Exist- postdiluvian (post-di-lu'vi-an), a.and n. [F. postdiluvien = Sp. post diluvia no = Pg. posdilu- via no = It. post diluvia no , pos diluvia no , post , after, + diluvium , deluge: see diluvian .] Ι. a. Same as postdiluvial . But this was very obscurely discovered as yet, as some- times by dreams and visions, till the postdiluvian and more Evelyn, True Religion, II. 15. II. n. One who has lived since the deluge. Me thu salem might be half an hour in telling what o'clock it was; but as for us post - diluvians , we ought to do every- thing in haste. Steele , Tatler, No. 264. post-chariot (post'char"i-ot), n. A post-chaise. Thackeray , English Humorists, Steele. postcla ic (post-klás'ik), a . [L. post , after, + cla ic us , cla ic: see cla ic .] Same as post -post-di eizin (põōst-dis-sēʼzin), n . In law , a sub- IMG:content-0715.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0716.png:[blocks in formation] poster1 (pōs'ter), n. [ post1 , v ., + -er1.] 1. One who posts bills; a bill-poster.-2. A broad- side or placard intended for pasting or nailing upon a post or wall iu some public place; an advertisement. The official poster at the door [of Notre Dame] a erts that the great bell in the tower is the largest in the world. Harper's Mag ., LXXIX. 94. poster2 (pos'tėr), n. [ post2 , v . , + -er1.] 1. One who posts, or travels as post; one who travels expeditiously. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about. posterial (pos-tēʻri-al), a . [For * poster i oral , posterior + -al .] Of or relating to the poste- + -al.1 rior or posteriors; posterior. Carlyle , Sartor Resartus (ed. 1831), p. 193. [Formerly posterior (pos-te'ri-or), a . and n . also poster i our ; poster i eur , F. postérieur = Sp. Pg. posterior = It. poster i ore , poster i- or , compar. of poster us , coming after, following, next, next in order, time, or place, later, latter, hinder, post , after: see post5 .] I. a. 1. La- ter in position in a series or course of action; coming after. IMG:content-0717.png:[blocks in formation] It [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity . Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. 4. From whom a Race of Monarchs shall descend, And whose Posterity shall know no End. Methinks the truth should live from age to age, As 'twere retail'd to all posterity . My lords, how much your country owes you both, The due reward of your desertful glories, What has posterity done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? tern a ), a small back door, a back way, dim. (se. janua , door, or via , way), poster us , hinder: see posterior .] 1. A back door or gate; a pri- vate entrance; hence, any small door or gate. See cuts under castle and barbican . Thanne Anasor remembered that ther was A postrene y uyng owt of the Citee, And the der ward they drewe to haue entree. I love to enter pleasure by a postern , Not the broad popular gate that gulps the mob. 2. In fort ., a covered pa age closed by a gate, usually in the angle of the flank of a bastion, or in that of the curtain, or near the orillion, descending into the ditch. postern-door (posʼtėrn-dōr), n . A postern. The conscious priest, who was suborn'd before, Stood ready posted at the postern door. Dryden, Sig. and Guis., 1. 152. postern-gate (pos'tėrn-gāt), n. [ pos- terne zate ; postern + gatel .] A postern. Weren pa ed priueli the paleys bi a post erne zate. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2870. posterolateral (poste-ro-late-ral), a . [ poster us , hinder, + lateral is , lateral: see later- al.] Posterior and lateral; placed at the pos- terior end of a lateral margin or surface: as, posterolateral angles.—Posterolateral groove, the groove along the spinal cord where the posterior roots i ue. Also called sulcus lateral is dorsal is . posteroparietal (pos"te-rō-pā-rī'e-tal), a . L. poster us , hinder, + NL. parietal is , parietal.] Situated in a posterior part of the parietal lobe of the brain. - Posteroparietal lobule. Same as superior parietal lobule . See parietal lobule . posterosuperior (pos"te-ro-su-peri-or), a . [ poster us , hinder, + superior , superior.] Pos terior and superior; placed backwardly on top of something. - Posterosuperior lobe of the cere- bellum. See lobe . posterotemporal (pos"te-rō-tem'pō-ral), a . [ poster us , hinder, + NL. temporal is , tempo- ral.] Posterior and temporal: noting a bone of the scapular arch of most fishes, behind the post-temporal, between this and the proscapu- la. Gill . Also called scapula and supra clavicle . posteroterminal (pos"te-rō-tėr'mi-nal), a . [ poster us , hinder, + NL. terminal is , terminal.] Situated at the hind end; ending something posteroventral (poste-ro-ven'tral), a . [L. poster us , hinder, + venter , stomach: see ven- tral .] Posterior and ventral; placed back- wardly on the ventral aspect of something. post esophageal, postœsophageal (post-e-so- faj'e-al), a . [L. post , behind, + NL. æsoph a- gus , the gullet: see esophageal .] 1. Situated behind (dorsad of) the gullet.-2. Situated be- hind (caudad of) the esophageal ring or gan- glion of the nervous system of an invertebrate. See cuts under leech2 and stomatogastric . post-exilian (post-eg-zil'i-an), a . [ post , after, + exilium , exile: see exile1 .] Subse- quent to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews; belonging to or characteristic of times subse- quent to the exile of the Jews (about 586 to post-exist (post-eg-zist'), v . i . ter, + existere , exist: see exist . ] To exist af- terward; live subsequently. [Rare.] Anaxagoras could not but acknowledge that all souls and lives did pre and post - exist by themselves, as well as those corporeal forms and qualities, in his similar atoms. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 37. post-existence (post-eg-zis'tens), n. Subse- quent or future existence. As he [Simon ides] has exposed the vicious part of women from the doctrine of pre-existence, some of the ancient philosophers have satirized the vicious part of the human species in general from a notion of the soul's post- existence . Add is on , Spectator, No. 211. post-existent (post-eg-zis'tent), a . Existent or living after or subsequently. As for the conceit of Anaxagoras, of præ and post - exis- tent atoms endued with all those several forms and quali- ties of bodies ingener ably and incorruptibly, it was nothing but an adulteration of the genuine atomical philosophy. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 35. post fact (post-fakt′), a . and n . [L. post fact us , done after (ML. post factum , after the deed, after): post , after; fact us , done: see fact .] I. a . Relating to a fact that occurs after another. II. n. A fact that occurs after another. post factor (post-fak'tor), n. [L. post , after, postgraduate (post-grad'u-āt), a. and n . + factor , doer: see factor .] The latter factor of two combined by non-commutative multi- plication. post febrile (post-fēʼbril), a . [ post , after, + febris , fever: see febrile .] Occurring after a fever: as, post febrile insanity. behind, + femur , thigh: see femoral .] Situated on the back of the thigh: specifically noting a Out at the postern by the abbey-wall. Shak., T. G. of V., v. 1. 9. group of muscles. postgraduate II. n. A graduate; one studying after graduation. [U. S.] [An objectionable form in both uses.] post-hackney (post'hak"ni), n . A post-horse. Teach post - hackneys to leap hedges. Sir H. Wotton , Remains. post-haste (post-hāst'), n. Haste or speed like that of a post or courier in traveling. Norfolk and myself, 4642 I will now put an end to my letter, and give it into the posthouse myself. Swift , Journal to Stella, xxxvi. postle Oh! if my soul could see their posthume spite, Should it not joy and triumph in the sight? Bp . Hall , Satires, iv., Int. Pliny observeth that posthume children, born after the death of their father, prove very happy in succe . Fuller , Worthies, Cumber land, I. 346. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 139. post humeral (post-hūme-ral), a. [L. post , In haste, post - haste , are come to join with you. I have continually been the man and the mean that have most plainly dehorted her from such post -haste. Lord Sackville , quoted in Motley's Hist. Netherlands, II. 250. post-haste (post-hāst'), adv . With the haste of a post; with speed or urgent expedition: as, he traveled post - haste . Old John of Gaunt is grievous sick, my lord, Suddenly taken; and hath sent post haste To entreat your majesty to visit him. Shak., Rich. II., i. 4. 55. To see him die, acro the waste His son and heir doth ride post - haste , But he'll be dead before. Tennyson, Death of the Old Year. Travelling post - haste , Bismarck arrived in Berlin on the 19th September. Love , Bismarck, I. 283. post-haste (post-hāst'), a . Expeditious; speedy; immediate. The duke does greet you, general, And he requires your haste- post - haste appearance, Even on the instant. Shak., Othello, i. 2. 37. [The edition of 1623 reads "haste, post - haste ."] Write from us to him; post- post - haste dispatch. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. 46. [The edition of 1623 reads "post, post - haste ."] pos the to mist (pos-thet'ō-mist), n . [= F. pos thétomiste ; pos the tom - y + -ist .] One who performs the operation of pos the to my or circumcision.