postliminary

adjective

post·​liminary

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1

or postliminiary

¦⸗lə̇¦minēˌerē

: of, relating to, or involving the right of postliminium

2

: done or carried on after something else or as a conclusion : subsequent

—opposed to preliminary

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, from postliminium + -ary; in sense 2, from post- + liminary

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