antecessor 234 
The anteccffsor was most cuiimiun]) lie that possessed the 
lands in King Edward's time before the Conquest. 
Brady, Glossary. 
The King's most noble progenitors, and the antecessori 
of the nonet of this realm. 
11. II'. DIJCVH, Hist. Church of Eng., iii., note. 
The places [in Domesday] which speak of the anleceisor 
and of the rights derived from him to the present owner 
are endless. E. A. I'nvn inn, Norman Conquest, V. 11. 
antechamber (an'te-cham'ber), . l<antt-+ , H _ 
chamber.] A chamber or an apartment through simple: as, antediluvian ideas, 
which access is had to a principal apartment, 
and in which persons wait for audience. For- 
merly also spelled antichamlx i : 
They both were cast into the dungeon's gloom, 
That dismal antechamber of the tomb. 
Longfellow, Torquemada. 
antechapel (an'te-chap"el), n. [<ante- + chap- 
el.] An apartment, vestibule, porch, or the like, 
mum and deluge.] I. a. 1. Existing before the 
flood (the Noachian deluge) recorded in Gene- 
sis ; relating to the times or events before the 
Noachiau deluge: as, the nnti-<lilneian patri- 
archs : by extension, applied to the time pre- 
ceding any great flood or inundation, as that 
which is said to have occurred in China in the 
time of Yao, 2298 B. c. 2. Belonging to very 
ancient times; antiquated; primitive; rude; 
The whole system of travelling accommodations was bar- 
barous and antediluvian. De Quincey, Works, II. 163. 
II. n. 1. One who lived before the deluge. 
The longevity of the antediluvians. 1\. nil, n. 
Hence, humorously 2. One who is very old 
or very antiquated in manners or notions; an 
old fogy. 
~ ante- + dor- 
in front of the dorsal 
Antechinomys (an-te-ki'no-mis), . [NL. n " : as, an tedoraa plate. 
(Krefft), < ant- for anti- + Echinomys, q. v.] A antefactt (an te-fakt), . [< L. ante, before, + 
genus of very small insectivorous marsupials, &?"> & m S done: see /act.] _ An act^espe- 
of the family Dasyuridce. A. lanigera, inhabiting 
central portions of Australia, is about 3 inches long and of 
a mouse-gray color above and white below. Its tail is 
about 5 inches long, and tufted at the tip. A naked space 
ante mortem 
prosecute, and the accused had to swear on the day of 
ordeal that be was innocent. Wharttm. 
antelocation (an"te-lo-ka'shon), n. In jiatltul., 
a displacement forward : applied to displace- 
ments of the uterus when the whole organ is 
carried forward, as by distention of the rectum 
or a post-uterine hematocele. 
antelope (an'te-lop), n. [Early mod. E. also 
inili/iipc, (iiitnlope, anteloppc, < ME. antelope, 
iti/lliijH.; a ii Hop, < OF. antelop, also antclu, 
od. F. antilope = Sp. antilope = Pg. anti/n/ii; 
el.\ An apartment, vestibule, porch, or the like, ";'V bJ ' , , .- ,, , ,, r , 
before the entrance to a chapel; the narthex of anteaorsal (an-te-dor sal), a. [< 
a chapel ***] In c/iWt., situated in front < 
, . 
surrounds the teats, but there is no distinct pouch. 
antechoir (an'te-kwir), n. [< ante- + choir.] 
cially a rite or ceremony, which precedes or 
prefigures an event: opposed to postfact. 
There is a proper sacrifice in the Lord's supper, to ex- 
hibit Christ's death in the post-fact, as there was a sacri- 
fice to prefigure, in the old law, the ante-fact. 
Co-pie of the Proceedings of soine Divine* (1641), p. 2. 
In arch., a space, more or less inclosed, in front antefix (an'te-fiks), n. ; pi. antefixes, L. antefixa 
of the choir of a church; a portion of the nave (-fik-sez, an-te-fik'sa). [< L. antefixum, in pi. 
adjoining the choir-screen and separated from antefixa, neut. of a'ntefixus, fastened before, < 
the rest of the nave by a railing. Also called 
fore-choir. Audslcy. 
antechurch (an'te-cherch), . [< ante- + 
church.] Same as 'narthex. 
antecians, antoecians (au-te'shianz), n. pi. [< 
NL. antceci, pi. of antcecus, < Gr. avroiKof, living 
on the corresponding parallel of latitude in the 
opposite hemisphere, < avri, opposite, + ol/cof, a 
dwelling.] In geog., persons or communities 
living on corresponding parallels of latitude, on 
opposite sides of the equator, and on the same 
meridian. Rarely used in the singular. Also 
called antceci. 
antecommunion (au"te-kp-mun'yon), a. and n. 
I. a. Before communion: as, the antecommu- 
nion service. 
H. n. That part of the communion office in 
the Book of Common Prayer which precedes 
the communion service proper, and is said on 
Sundays and other holy days though there be no 
communion. According to the English rubric, it ex- 
tends to the end of the prayer for Christ's church militant ; 
according to the American, to the end of the gospel ; the 
service concluding in either case with the blessing. 
antecoxal (an-te-kok'sal), a. [< L. ante, before, 
+ NL. coxa, q. y.] In entom., situated in front 
of a coxa : applied to a piece of the metaster- 
num. See Cicindtlido!. 
antecursor (an-te-ker'sor), n. [L., a forerun- 
ner, < anteeurrere, run before, < ante, before, + 
currere, pp. cursus, run : see current and course. ne]8 ^ to 8erve ^ ga^o^ 
Cf. precursor.] One who runs before; a fore- anteflected (an-te-flek'ted), a. [< L. ante, be- 
runner; a harbinger. Mount; Bailey; Johnson. f ore , + fiectere, bend, + -e<V.] Same as ante- 
antecurvature (an-tf-ker'va-tur), n. [Xante- flexed. 
Upper figure, from the Parthenon, partly restored: A, antefix ; R, 
false antefix; C acroterinm pedestal; D, ir- 1 -- 
joints. Lower figure : E, antenx ii 
. nbrices protecting the 
terra cotta, Berlin Museum. 
ante, before, + fitus, pp. of figere, fasten: see 
fix.] In class, arch., an upright ornament, 
generally of marble or terra cotta, placed at 
the eaves of a tiled roof, at the end of the last 
imbrex or tile of each ridge of tiling, to conceal 
the joining of the tiles. Antefixes were also often 
placed at the junction of the imbrices along the ridge of a 
roof, forming a cresting. In some Roman examples the 
antefixes were so disposed and combined with water-chan- 
nels as to serve as gargoyles. 
antedate 
Apriordate ; a'date antecedent to another, or to the body. The term is specially used in relation to the 
the true or actual date of a document or event, uterus, when this organ is bent forward at the line of 
2f. Anticipation. junction of its body and cervix. Quoin, Sled. Diet. 
Why hath not ray soul these apprehensions, these pre- anteflcied (an'te-flekst), a. [< L. ante, before, 
+ flexus, bent, + -e(P.] Bent forward; exhibit- 
ing anteflection : said of the uterus. An equiva- 
lent form is anteflected. 
= D. antilope = Dan. antilope = G. antilope (NL. 
antilope, Pallas, c. 1775), an antelope, < ML. an- 
talopus, anthalopus (also talopus, calopus, and 
tatula), < LGr. avf)6^> (-OTT-), a word of Gr. ap- 
pearance but prob. of foreign origin, applied 
to a half -mythical animal located, in the early 
accounts, on the banks of the Euphrates, and 
described as very savage and fleet, and having 
long saw-like horns with which it could cut 
down trees. This is the animal that figures in 
the peculiar fauna of heraldry; the present 
zoological application is recent. See gazel.] 
1. An animal of the genus Antilope or sub- 
family Antilopina; especially, the sasin or 
common Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra. 
See Antilope, Antilopinw, and cut under sasin. 
2. A name sometimes given to the saiga, and 
to the cabrit or pronghorn. See these words: 
also Antilocapra and Antilocapridce. 3. [cap.] 
(Pron. an-tel'o-pe.) Sometimes incorrectly 
used for Antilope Blue antelope. Same as Waui- 
bok. Goitered antelope. Same as dzeren. 
antelopian (an-te-16'pi-an), a. Same as ante- 
lopine. 
Antelopidse (an-te-lop'i-de), n. pi. Same as 
Antilojiiila-. 
Antelopinae, n. pi. Same as Antilopince. 
antelopine (an'te-16-pin), a. [< antelope + 
-ine 1 .] Pertaining to the antelope. An equiv- 
alent form is antelopian. 
antelucan (an-te-lu'kan), a. [< L. antelucanus, 
< ante, before, 4- lux"(luo), light: see lucid.] 
Occurring before daylight ; preceding the dawn. 
Specifically applied to assemblies of Christians held In an- 
cient times before daylight, at first to escape persecution, 
and afterward from motives of devotion or convenience. 
This practice of ... antelucan worship, possibly hav- 
ing reference to the ineffable mystery of the resurrection. 
De Quincey, Essenes, i. 
ante lucem (an'te lu'sem). [L. : ante, before; 
litcem, ace. of lux, light: see ante- and lucid.] 
Before the light, that is, before daybreak. 
antemeridian (an*te-me-rid'i-an), a. [< L. an- 
temeridian us, before midday, <" ante, before, + 
mertdies, midday : see ante- and mei-idian.] Pre- 
ceding noon ; pertaining to the forenoon. 
ante meridiem (an'te me-rid'i-em). [L. : see 
antemeridian.] Before midday : applied to the 
time between midnight and the following noon. 
Regularly abbreviated to A. M. 
antemetic (ant-e-met'ik), a. and n. [< Gr. avri, 
against, + i/fcrtK6f, emetic : see emetic.] I. a. 
Restraining or allaying vomiting. 
II. n. A medicine which checks vomiting. 
Also written anti-emetic. 
ante mortem (an'te mor'tem). [L. : ante, be- 
fore; mortem, ace. of mors, death: seente-and 
mortal. Cf. post mortem.] Before death : of ten 
used attributively (with a hyphen) in the sense of 
existing or occurring before or just before death : 
as, an ante-mortem statement or confession. 
sages, these changes, those antedates, those jealousies, 
those suspicious of a sin, as well as my body of a sickness? 
Donne, Devotion, x. 
antedate (an'te-dat), . t.; pret. and pp. ante- antefurca (an-ti'Sr'ka), n.; pi. antefurca; (-se). 
dated, ppr. antedating. [<fc- + dafcl, v .] 1. [NL., < L. ante', before, +furca, > AS. fore, E. 
io date before the true time; give an earlier fork, q. v.] In entom., the anterior forked or 
date to than the real one : thus, to antedate a double apodema which projects from the ster- 
deed or bond is to give to it a date anterior to nal wall into the cavity of a thoracic somite of 
the true time of its execution. 
an insect. 
[The Tweed King] had . . . caused . . . warrants to be an- ant-egg (ant'eg), n. 1 . The egg of an ant. 2. 
In popular language, the larva or pupa of an 
ant ; one of the elongated whitish bodies which 
ants when disturbed may be seen carrying 
about. Such larva? or ant-eggs are a favorite food of 
many wild birds, and are extensively used in Europe for 
feeding young poultry and game-birds, and also for mak- 
ing formic acid. Also called ant-worm, ant-wart, and 
tedated, in order that interest might be charged from such 
date to the time of payment. N. A. Reo., CXXIII. 381. 
2. To be of older date than ; precede in time. 
With the exception of one or two of the later prophets, 
the Old Testament antedated all written history known at 
the beginning of the present century. 
The Independent (New York), Nov. 15, 1883. 
3. To anticipate ; realize or give effect to (some- ""'' 
thing) in advance of its actual or proper time, antegrade (an'te-grad), a. [< L. ante, before, 
No man can antedate his experience, or guess what fac- + y r " du % ste P ' . ct mte gredi, go before, pre- 
ulty or feeling a new object shall unlock, any more than cede.] Progressive : opposed to retrograde. 
he can draw to-day the face of a person whom he shall sec antejuramentum (an'te-io-ra-men'tum), n. : 
to-morrow for the first time. Emerwn, History. p i. antejuramenta (-ta). [ML./< L. ante, before^ 
antediluvial (an"te-di-lu'vi-al), a. Same as + juramentum, an oath, < jurare, swear: see 
antediluvian. .jury.] In law, an oath taken in ancient times 
antediluvian (an"te-di-lu'vi-an), a. and n. [< by both the accuser and the accused before any 
L. ante, before, + diluvium, deluge : see dilu- trial or purgation. The accuser swore that he would 
Antemural, Coucy-le-Chateau. Aisne, France. ( From Viol!et-le-Duc's 
" Diet, de 1' Architecture.") 
A, outer court, or esplanade ; R, castle; C, town ; D, castle-moat ; 
/;, antemural. 
