Antehall
a room or serving as a waiting room and entrance to a larger .
Historical Examples
No word came from the palace, no Secret Service officers came to report to her, no courtiers thronged the antehall.
A German Pompadour Marie Hay
Passing through the antehall, he gained admission to Eberhard Ludwig’s apartment.
A German Pompadour Marie Hay
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- Ante meridian
occurring before noon. of or relating to the forenoon. adjective before noon; in the morning
- Ante meridiem
. uknown the full form of a.m. 1560s, Latin, literally “before noon,” from ante (see ante) + accusative of meridies “midday, noon” (see meridian).
- Antemortem
before death: an antemortem confession. antemortem an·te·mor·tem (ān’tē-môr’təm) adj. Before death.
- Antemundane
before the creation of the world. adj. “existing or happening before the creation of the world,” 1731; see ante- + mundane.
- Antenatal
prenatal: an antenatal clinic. Historical Examples But deep within her the antenatal thing that lay here had a dream. Dreams Olive Schreiner The reminiscence of some antenatal incarnation of his own soul? The Martian George Du Maurier It was as if her folding arms had been his antenatal hiding-place; as if she had brought him […]