matin

American

[mat-n] / ˈmæt n /

noun

(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.
Archaic. aubade.

adjective

Also matinal. pertaining to the morning or to matins.

matin British

/ ˈmætɪn /

adjective

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

Example Sentences

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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

Nous avons malheureusement retrouvé le cadavre de l'orque ce matin à 11h48.

From BBC • May 30, 2022

Très surpris ce matin de voir ainsi la statue de Modeste Testas.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2021

Ung iour alla le roy chasser au boys bien matin | et mena auec luy messire gauuain, keu le seneschal, et ceulx qui lui pleust.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

I will unpack my mind of all its fears, I will advance to where the matin fires Absorb the hills.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

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