What does "matin" mean?
Matin: Morning. [Obs.] Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.pl. Etym: [F. matines. See Etymol. above.] Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.
- 3.Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.
- 4.Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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