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Definition of Posthumous
1. Adjective. Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death. "A posthumous daughter"
Definition of Posthumous
1. a. Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.
Definition of Posthumous
1. Adjective. (originally) Born after the death of one's father. ¹
2. Adjective. Taking place after one's own death. ¹
3. Adjective. In reference to a work, published after the author's death. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Posthumous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posthumous
Literary usage of Posthumous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and storiesby Ebenezer Cobham Brewer by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"(J urisdiction of Courts), posthumous 1644. Reading on Fines, posthumous 1662.
... Life of Andrew Marvell, 1835. Life of Mossinger. Marginalia, posthumous ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, George Franklin Comstock (1866)
"I. posthumous children, as has been already mentioned, inherit, in all cases, in
like manner as if they were born in the lifetime of the intestate, ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Wills: Embracing Execution, Interpretation and by John E. Alexander (1918)
"Rights of After-Born and posthumous Children. ... Thalhimer, The birth of a
posthumous child 2 Paige (NY) 35, 21 Am. Dee. 66. does not destroy a devise in ..."
4. The poetical works of Samuel Butler: A Revised Edition with Memoir and Notes by Samuel Butler (1893)
"I. posthumous Works in Prose and verse, written, in the time of the civil wars
and reign ... 5 Table of Contents, 1 sh.; posthumous Works, pp. ..."
5. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1877)
"WILLIAM ELLIOT MY DEAR SIR, — As some prefatory account of the materials which
compose this second posthumous of the Works of Mr. Burke, and of the causes ..."
6. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1869)
"IV. of that edition (London, F. & C. Rivington, 1802) being the first posthumous,—and
Vols. I., IL, and III. (London, J. Dodsley, 1792) comprising the ..."
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