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ly, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak.

- (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.

After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.),

To exist after; to live subsequently. [Obs. or R.]

Subsequent existence.

Existing or living after. [R.] "Postexistent atoms." Cudworth.

A fact that occurs after another. "Confirmed upon the postfact." Fuller.

Same as Postfact.

A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst.

A postfrontal bone.

One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.

The condition of being born after another in the same family; - - distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality.

Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate. -- n.

Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. Shak.

Circumcision. Dunglison.

A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.

Posthumos. [Obs.] I. Watts. Fuller.

Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.