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matins
/ ˈmætɪnz /
noun
- RC Church the first of the seven canonical hours of prayer, originally observed at night but now often recited with lauds at daybreak
- the service of morning prayer in the Church of England
- literary.a morning song, esp of birds
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Word History and Origins
Origin of matins1
C13: from Old French, ultimately from Latin mātūtīnus of the morning, from Mātūta goddess of dawn
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Example Sentences
Damme, where the patriots mustered on the eve of the Bruges Matins, is within a short hour's stroll from the east end of the town.
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Full choral matins at seven o'clock in the morning all the year round.
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The bell was that of the “faire chappell” on 142 the green outside the gatehouse, and it was calling to matins.
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The days when the thrushes sang matins were come, and all the way she heard freshets of holy song pouring down through the air.
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They added, "that, with God's help, they hoped not to be caught in their beds as their brethren had been at the Parisian matins."
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