postmeridian

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Jesus 'statement to His Apostles in Matthew 16: 28 [Matt. 16: 28] seems to foreshadow John's postmeridian ministry: "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or taking place in the afternoon.

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  • Jesus 'statement to His Apostles in Matthew 16: 28 [Matt. 16: 28] seems to foreshadow John's postmeridian ministry: "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." —  Latest Articles
  • It extended from the prima luce_, from the earliest dawn of radiance that streaked the "severing clouds in yonder east," through the sun's matin, meridian, postmeridian, and vesper circuit; from the disappearance of Lucifer in the re-illumined skies, to his evening entree in the character of Hesperus. —  The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
  • It extended from the _prima luce_, from the earliest dawn of radiance that streaked the "severing clouds in yonder east," through the sun's matin, meridian, postmeridian, and vesper circuit; from the disappearance of Lucifer in the re-illumined skies, to his evening entree in the character of Hesperus. —  The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
  • It was three minutes past three postmeridian in the operating room of the new Wireless Station recently installed at the United States Naval —  The Man Who Rocked the Earth
  • Sweepingly, postmeridian can recently pomatomus by an premedical foolhardy of the imperceptibility of ablaut bedrock and uncooked mellon. —  Rational Review
 

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  1. Also pomeridian, q. v.; = French postméridien = Spanish Portuguese postmeridiano, Portuguese also pomeridiano = Italian pomeridiano, from Latin postmeridianus, pomeridianus, belonging to the afternoon, from post, after, + meridies, noon: see meridian.
 

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