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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

antelucanus

;

ante

lux

light.]

Held or being before light; – a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.

“Antelucan worship.”

De Quincey.

Adj.

[L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.]

Being before light; a word applied to assemblies of christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.