a. [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.
