POSTILLATION
Pos`til*la"tion, n. Etym: [LL. postillatio.]
Defn: The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.
POSTILLATOR
Pos"til*la`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]
Defn: One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
POSTILLER
Post"il*ler, n.
Defn: See Postiler.
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
Post`-im*pres"sion*ism, n. (Painting)
Defn: In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painters, or of these groups taken collectively, whose work and theories have in common a tendency to reaction against the scientific and naturalistic character of impressionism and neo- impressionism. In a strict sense the term post-impressionism is used to denote the effort at self-expression, rather than representation, shown in the work of Cézanne, Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadly used to include cubism, the theory or practice of a movement in both painting and sculpture which lays stress upon volume as the important attribute of objects and attempts its expression by the use of geometrical figures or solids only; and futurism, a theory or practice which attempts to place the observer within the picture and to represent simultaneously a number of consecutive movements and impressions. In practice these theories and methods of the post- impressionists change with great rapidity and shade into one another, so that a picture may be both cubist and futurist in character. They tend to, and sometimes reach, a condition in which both representation and traditional decoration are entirely abolished and a work of art becomes a purely subjective expression in an arbitrary and personal language.
POSTING
Post"ing, n.
1. The act of traveling post.