ANTEORBITAL
An`te*or"bit*al, a. & n. (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Antorbital.
ANTEPASCHAL
An`te*pas"chal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
ANTEPAST
An"te*past, n. Etym: [Pref. ante- + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf.
Repast.]
Defn: A foretaste.
Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.
ANTEPENDIUM
An`te*pen"di*um, n. Etym: [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.]
(Eccl.)
Defn: The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.
ANTEPENULT; ANTEPENULTIMA An`te*pe"nult, An`te*pe*nult"i*ma, n. Etym: [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.)
Defn: The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl in monosyllable.