antelucan

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antelucan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antelucan \An`te*lu"can\, a. [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.
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