[Anteque`ra] (27), a town in Andalusia, 22 m. N. of Malaga, a stronghold of the Moors from 712 to 1410.
[Anthe`lia], luminous rings witnessed in Alpine and Polar regions, seen round the shadow of one's head in a fog or cloud opposite the sun.
[Anthe`mius], the architect of the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople; d. 534.
[Anthon, Charles], a well-known American classical scholar and editor of the Classics (1797-1867).
[Anthrax], a disease, especially in cattle, due to the invasion of a living organism which, under certain conditions, breeds rapidly; called also splenic fever.
[Anthropoid apes], a class of apes, including the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang-outang, and gibbon, without tails, with semi-erect figures and long arms.
[Anthropology], the science of man as he exists or has existed under different physical and social conditions.
[Anthropomorphism], the ascription of human attributes to the unseen author of things.
[Anti`bes] (5) a seaport and place of ancient date on a peninsula in the S. of France, near Cannes and opposite Nice.
[Antichrist], a name given in the New Testament to various incarnations of opposition to Christ in usurpation of His authority, but is by St. John defined to involve that form of opposition which denies the doctrine of the Incarnation, or that Christ has come in the flesh.