matins
mattins
/ (ˈmætɪnz) /
mainly 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
Origin of matins
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How to use matins in a sentence
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.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondFull choral matins at seven o'clock in the morning all the year round.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesThe bell was that of the “faire chappell” on 142 the green outside the gatehouse, and it was calling to matins.
The days when the thrushes sang matins were come, and all the way she heard freshets of holy song pouring down through the air.
Plashers Mead | Compton MackenzieThey added, "that, with God's help, they hoped not to be caught in their beds as their brethren had been at the Parisian matins."
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
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