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[Lat. antenna, the dim in. -ul, and the suff. -aria.] A genus of Zoophytes belonging to the family Sertulariadæ. Two species, the A. antennina and the A. ramosa, occur in the British seas. ăn-tě-pěn-di-um ( Lat . ), ăn-tě-pěnd, ăn-ti-pěnd ( Scotch ), s. [Mediæv. Lat, antependium.] The frontal of an altar [FRONTAL]; a veil or screen for covering the front of an altar. It is used in some Roman Catholic churches, especially on festival days. " Item, ane antepend of black velvet."- Coll. Inven tories (1542). (Jamie son.) ăn-tě-pěn-ult (pl.ăn-tě-pěn-ŭl'-ti-ma), s. [In Fr. antépénultième ; Sp., Port., & Ital. ante pen ultimo; Lat. ante = before, and penul tim us or pænultimus , (s.) the penult, ( a .) the last but one; pane or pene almost, and ultimus the last.) The syllable before the penultimate one. As the penultimate one is next to the last, the antepenultimate is two from the last, as cin in vaccination. The word is really only a shortened form of the following.