Definition of Postal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the system for delivering mail. "Postal delivery"

Derivative terms: Post, Post
Partainyms: Post

Definition of Postal

1. a. Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.

Definition of Postal

1. Adjective. Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postal

1. a postcard [n -S] - See also: postcard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postal

postabortion
postabsorptive
postaccident
postact
postadministration
postadolescence
postadolescent
postadolescents
postadsorption
postage
postage meter
postage meters
postage stamp
postage stamps
postages
postal (current term)
postal address
postal addresses
postal authority
postal ballot
postal box
postal card
postal clerk
postal code
postal codes
postal forgery
postal history
postal order
postal service
postal vote

Literary usage of Postal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In the Netherlands there is no precise law, but the sunder may claim return prior to actual postal despatch ; the case is virtually similar in France. ..."

2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"The postal Administrations of China and Germany will communicate to each ... The postal Administration of China, though it has not yet subscribed to the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"During the government of William III acts of Parliament were passed which regulated the internal postal system of Scotland; and, by the ninth act of Queen ..."

4. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law ...: By John W. Burgess by John William Burgess (1891)
"We may also class the power of Congress over the postal service with, but not under, ... I say with, but not under, because this power extends to postal ..."

5. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"We may also class the power of Congress over the postal service with, but not under, ... I say with, but not under, because this power extends to postal ..."

6. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"We may also class the power of Congress over the postal service with, but not under, ... I say with, but not under, because this power extends to postal ..."

7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"No postal accounts shall be kept between No postal »o- the respective postal departments upon the correspondence exchanged be- Counts to be tween them under ..."

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