postĭlĭo, ōnis, f. [postulo; cf. consilium from consulo]. Relig. t. t.,
a claim of a god upon men , a demand for the fulfilment of a forgotten sacrifice (cf. postulatio, with which it is confounded in many MSS. and edd.; mostly ante- and post-class.): de eā re scriptum est, postiliones esse Jovi, Saturno, Neptuno, Telluri, dis caelestibus,