matin
matin is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Morning. [Obs.] Shak.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aurora
- blush
- break
- breezy
- call
- cockcrow
- cockcrowing
- crepuscule
- dawn
- day
- daybreak
- dayspring
- equinox
- evening
- first
- flush
- forehead
- forenoon
- hours
- incense-breathing
- lark
- loup
- matutinal
- meridian
- midday
- midsummer
- morn
- morning
- noon
- noonday
- nooning
- noontide
- peep
- point
- prime
- shut
- sky
- small
- spring
- summer
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is matin.
- What is pl. Etym: [F. matines. See Etymol. above.] Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland called?
- What is time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church called?
- What is of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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