antepectus (antepektus)

[NL., antependium I saw the antependium of the altar designed for the famous chapel of St. Lorenzo. Smollett , Travels, xxviii. A young woman who would get up at five o'clock in the morning to embroider an antependium , and neglect the housekeeping. Mi Braddon, Hostages to Fortune, p. 3. antepenult (an"tē-pē-nult'), n. A shortened and very common form of antepenultima . antepenultima (antē-pē-nul'ti-mä), n. [L., also spelled antepænultima (sc. syllaba, syllable), the syllable before the penult,