antelucan, a.
(æntɪˈl(j)uːkən)
[ad. L. antelūcānus before dawn; f. ante + lūc- (lux) light: see -an.]
Of or pertaining to the hours just before dawn.
| 1654 Gayton Fest. Notes iii. vi. 103 All manner of Antelucan Labourers. a 1656 Bp. Hall Rem. 44 (T.) The Phosphorus of piety and antelucan devotion. a 1859 De Quincey Wks. X. 259 This practice of crepuscular ante-lucan worship, possibly having reference to the ineffable mystery of the resurrection. |