matin

[ mat-n ]

/ ˈmæt n /

noun

(often initial capital letter) matins. Also especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.

the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.

Archaic. aubade.

adjective

Also mat·in·al. pertaining to the morning or to matins.

Nearby words

Origin of matin

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

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Examples from the Web for matin

This new kind of criticism is only a few days old, but the readers of the Matin have taken to it kindly already.
Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell
The next day in the morning, when at last the sun outshone, Then did Jerome the Bishop his matin song intone.
The Lay of the Cid|R. Selden Rose
After reading the article in the 'Matin,' I knew that a cat had nothing to do with the matter.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room|Gaston Leroux
The dawn-birds trebled their matin greeting and a pearly flush located the eastern quarter of the sky.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

He told them that when the time came for them to celebrate the matin hymns at dawn, they might return.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for matin

matin

mattin matinal

/ (ˈmætɪn) /

adjective

of or relating to matins

Word Origin for matin

C14: see matins

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Word Origin and History for matin

matin

see matins.