mattins

[ mat-nz, -inz ]

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noun

, (often initial capital letter)

mattins

/ ˈmætɪnz /

These seven offices were condensed in 1519 into two, our present Mattins and Evensong.

Miss Deedy ruins her already feeble health with early mattins (she insists on the double t) and frequent fasts.

We make it known we shall be pleased to see them after Mattins and Evensong.

We have no right to complain for a moment of what some people call the monotony of Mattins and Evensong for ourselves.

The days when the thrushes sang mattins were come and all the way she heard freshets of holy song pouring down through the air.

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