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One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

mblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. "Antelucan worship." De Quincey.

Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

Tending to check vomiting. -- n.

Being before the time of Moses.

Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

Before birth. Shelley.

Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns,…

Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.

Bearing or having antennæ.

Shaped like antennæ.

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.

Same as Antorbital.

Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.