matin

American  

[mat-n] / ˈmæt n /

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) matins. Also

   1. the first of the seven canonical hours.

   2. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.

   3. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.

2. Archaic. aubade.

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adjective

1. Also matinal. pertaining to the morning or to matins.

matin British  

/ ˈmætɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to matins

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Etymology

Origin of matin

1200–50; Middle English matyn (plural matines ) < Old French matin < Latin mātūtīnus matutinal

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Example Sentences

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matin

Besembaiev's performance was part of a concert by John Wilson's Sinfonia that also included Lili Boulanger's tone-poem D'un matin de printemps, and Walton's First Symphony.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

She was waking in the garden to the matin songs of birds; she was lifting her veil on the mountain-top, and unfurling her crimson banner in the sky to herald the coming of the sun.

From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward

Listen, ye swans, to the heavenly strain; 'Tis the anchoret tolling his soft matin bell: He has come to release us from sorrow, from pain, From the cold and tempestuous shores where we dwell!

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

I heard the wordless lisp of the matin zephyr when a new, fresh breath moves across the world at dawn.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey

The choir is singing the matin song; The doors of the church are opened wide; The people crowd, and press, and throng To see the bridegroom and the bride.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

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