Vocabulary Word
Word: posthumous
Definition: after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel
Definition: after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel
Sentences Containing 'posthumous'
``Yes, yes,''said Caderousse; and his eyes glistened at the thought of this posthumous revenge.
He died in 642 and was bestowed posthumous honors and buried near the tomb of Emperor Taizong's wife Empress Zhangsun, which later would become Emperor Taizong's tomb as well.
Initially, the officials in charge of considering posthumous names recommended that he be given the posthumous name Gong (恭, "alert").
The official Liu Ji, citing Yuwen's wastefulness, rejected "Gong," instead suggesting "Zong" (縱, "unvirtuous"), and that became Yuwen's posthumous name.
He painted posthumous portraits of historical Methodist figures with perhaps his best known image being that of "John Wesley" in John Wesley's House in London.
Death and posthumous appeal to restore U.S. citizenship.
Posthumous appeal to restore US citizenship.
It was lent in 1867 to the posthumous Ingres exhibition in Paris, but has subsequently been exhibited publicly only twice.
He was born at Wexford, in Ireland, the posthumous son of one of Abercrombie's captains, and spent his childhood under the care of his godfather, General Le Mesurier, governor of Alderney, by whom he was educated for the army.
However, in 1506 he was exonerated and given posthumous honors by the Joseon court.
A remixed version with overdubbed extra production by John McClain was eventually released on Jackson's 2010 posthumous album "Michael".
He also received a posthumous writing credit for the song "To Live Is to Die" from the band's fourth studio album "...And Justice For All".
A posthumous mini-set, "Starfucker", comprising demo recordings of tracks that were not included on "Blow Out the Sun", was released by Bus Stop in 1995.
On 9 May 1914, she received the posthumous name Shōken Kōtaigō.
The second single has been reported to be "Living Better Now" featuring Rick Ross and a posthumous appearance by The Notorious B.I.G. was released as a digital download on November 2, 2010.
Rose Marie Burwell, author of "Hemingway: The Postwar Years and the Posthumous Novels", believes Hemingway enjoyed writing the "strange combination of memoir and fiction".
Hemingway scholar Anders Hallengren notes the thematic similarities in Hemingway's posthumous fiction, particularly in the final books.
Christopher Ondaatje writes in "The Independent" that the existence of a Hemingway industry tends to overshadow his posthumous work.
He considers Hemingway's African stories to be among his best although the posthumous work about Africa has been disregarded or overlooked.
Paul Gray titled his review of the book "Where's Papa?", answering with the opening sentence, "He's hard to find in his fifth posthumous work", pointing directly to Patrick Hemingway's editing of the manuscript.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, was awarded the French Croix de guerre, and has been considered for a posthumous Medal of Honor.
For example, the body of John Wycliff was exhumed years after his death and cremated, with the ashes thrown in a river, explicitly as a posthumous punishment for his denial of the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation.
When William II died in 1650 with only a posthumous son (William III), the regents of Holland and the Statengezinde stepped into the vacuum.
In Huey Long's posthumous book, My First Days in the White House, Brown was to have been his nominee to be Secretary of the Interior.
The track was later released on the posthumous album "Born Again", the remastered edition of "Ready to Die", and "The Greatest Hits".
His last years were spent in recasting his "Virginia", and the result of his efforts may be read in the posthumous edition of his "Obras" (Madrid, 1898–99).
When Emperor Xizong of Jin was crowned on 1135, Wanyan Wulu was given posthumous name "Emperor De" (德皇帝).
"Time in a Bottle" went from a relatively unknown album cut to a posthumous No.
"Supreme King" was a later posthumous name bestowed upon him by his descendants.
She has also written several novels and edited posthumous editions of her mother's works.
Odessa University awarded Roy Ridgway a posthumous honorary doctorate for the charity's work helping Ukrainian children with cystic fibrosis and heart problems.
King Andrew's elder sons disowned his posthumous son, Stephen, who would be educated in Ferrara.
From these two inscriptions the panel is generally accepted as being a posthumous portrait.
Posthumous administration of Velikovsky's literary estate.
Though at first reluctant, the Admiralty eventually decided to recommend Cornwell for a posthumous Victoria Cross and King George V endorsed it.
About the same time he began to collaborate with the French engraver Étienne Dupérac, who continued to provide illustrations for posthumous printings of Panvinio's works.
This is indeed in accordance to the immense value the ancient Greeks placed on posthumous reputation (υστεροφημία).
In "Tigers of the Sea" the title story and "The Temple of Abomination" are posthumous collaborations of Tierney with Howard. In "Hawks of Outremer", the story "The Slave Princess" is the sole posthumous collaboration by Tierney with Howard.
In 1975, Silver Scarab press published Tierney's early novel "The Winds of Zarr'.
Hansen's most well-known works were "The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860: A History of the Continuing Settlement of the United States" (posthumous, 1940) and "The Immigrant in American History" (posthumous, 1940).
An Oklahoma Choctaw will from 1858 leaves the posthumous "wish and desire that all the hogs running at the home place be gathered and sold".
Posthumous publication on research into the Enneagram Brooks, David, "Are personality traits inherited?"
Sometimes the "sangō" and the "jigō" are both posthumous names, for example of the founder's mother and father.
Posthumous compilations
Contemporary publications
In September 1944 he was awarded a Posthumous award of the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross.
He was made a posthumous member of the Legion d'Honneur.
However, he agrees to allow Marlowe's 'posthumous' works to be published in his name.
It was nevertheless published in 1897 as a work of Tchaikovsky's alone, and even given the posthumous opus number 79 in Tchaikovsky's catalogue.
Titled "Orthogenetic Evolution in Pigeons," the book was published in a three volume set titled "Posthumous Works of Charles Otis Whitman".
His continued study of the Denkart eventually resulted in further seminars at the Sorbonne in 1962-1964, and the posthumous publication of his work on the Denkart's third book.
Kidd is mainly remembered for his posthumous book "Christophaneia: The Doctrine of the Manifestations of the Son of God under the Economy of the Old Testament" (ed.