- a variant spelling of matins
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mat•tins
(mat′nz, -inz),USA pronunciation n. (often cap.) (usually used with a sing. v.)[Chiefly Brit.]
- Religion, British Termsmatin (def. 1).
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mattins /ˈmætɪnz/ n
mat•in
(mat′n),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Religion(often cap.) matins. Also,[esp. Brit.,] mattins. (usually used with a sing. v.)[Eccles.]
- the first of the seven canonical hours.
- the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
- Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- [Archaic.]aubade.
adj.
- Also, mat′in•al. pertaining to the morning or to matins.
- Latin mātūtīnus matutinal
- Old French matin
- Middle English matyn (plural matines) 1200–50
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matins, mattins /ˈmætɪnz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)
- chiefly 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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