(archaic)a marginal note or comment, especially on a biblical text (古)(尤指《圣经》文本中的)旁注,评注 ■a commentary, homily, or book of homilies 评论;布道;布道书
语源
late Middle English: from Old French postille, from medieval Latin postilla, perhaps from Latin post illa (verba) 'after those words', written as a direction to a scribe