Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [pl. postica (-kä).] In Rauff's terminology of sponge morphology, the cloacal openings of the exhalant canals or aporrhysa.
- noun A back door; a postern.
- noun The term used by Vitruvius, and adopted from him in English, for the open vestibule of an ancient temple in the rear of the cella, corresponding to the pronaos at the front of the temple.
- noun Eccles., a reredos.
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Examples
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On the right hand of the peristyle, near the entrance, is a private door, or _posticum_, leading into the Street of the Theatres, by which the master of the house might escape his importunate clients.
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_ Obscure viridis (mas) aut niger (foem.), facie pectoreque albidis, antennis piceis, abdomine nigro-cupreo basi obscure testaceo, pedibus anterioribus tibiisque posticis basi obscure testaceis, pedibus posticis nigris, alis nigricantibus apud marginem posticum pallidioribus, halteribus testaceis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_ Atra, nitens, brevissima, latissima; capite transverso, subruguloso; thorace scitissime punctato; abdomine cyaneo; tarsis flavis; alis nigris albido punctatis apud marginem posticum obscure cinereis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Together these formed a windowless structure called the _cella_, beyond which was the rear porch, the _posticum_ or _epinaos_.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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The vein must be drawn to the outside, and the thread passed round the artery, which lies close to the bone, on the ligamentum posticum of Winslowe.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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[(\223it is so defended by) 29.8 (the lig) 9.8 (amentum superius anterium, and the lig) 9.8 (amentum posticum,)] TJ
Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807
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a rectangular enclosed space for holding the statue of the god; second of the pronaos, a portico or vestibule in front of the cella with which it was connected by a door, while to the front it had open columns with rows of spaces between; third, the posticum, a portico behind the cella, and corresponding to the pronaos.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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