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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Posterious, adj. [Irreg. f. L. poster or poster-us coming after, compar. posterior.] Subsequent, posterior. —a 1685 Sel. Biog. II 303.
Election by the people … is posterious to this call of God