Mat|ins

Mat|ins
mat|ins or Mat|ins «MAT uhnz», noun plural.
1. a church service held at dawn or in the morning. Matins properly starts at midnight but is often said as a dawn service and joined to lauds.
2. the first of the seven canonical hours in the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. the order for public morning prayer in the Anglican Church; mattins.
4. a morning song; matin.
[< Old French matines < matin < Latin mātūtīnus of, or in, the morning < Mātūta a dawn goddess]

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