Citations:penultimate

Adjective

 * 1900, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Clausula"
 * A Clausula vera, or ficta, when accompanied, in the Counterpoint, by a suspended discord, is called a Clausula diminuta, or Diminished Cadence, in allusion to the shortening of the penultimate note, in order to allow time for the suspension and resolution of the dissonance.

Noun

 * 1529 August 30, Bishop Stephen Gardiner, letter (1933), 33
 * At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.
 * 1728, E. Chambers Cyclopædia
 * Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two.
 * 1876, Arthur Campbell-Walker, The Correct Card, Glossary page xiii
 * Penultimate, the. — Beginning with the lowest card but one of the suit you lead originally, if it contains more than four cards.
 * 1962, Minutes of the Adjourned Meeting of 22nd Biennial Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America, XXII.iv
 * Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel.