mattins

[ mat-nz, -inz ]

/ ˈmæt nz, -ɪnz /

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noun (often initial capital letter)(usually used with a singular verb)Chiefly British.

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Words nearby mattins

Matthias, Matthias I Corvinus, Matthiessen, mattify, matting, mattins, mattock, Matto Grosso, mattoid, Mattoon, mattrass

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How to use mattins in a sentence

These seven offices were condensed in 1519 into two, our present Mattins and Evensong.
The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses|Robert Charles Hope
Miss Deedy ruins her already feeble health with early mattins (she insists on the double t) and frequent fasts.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies
We make it known we shall be pleased to see them after Mattins and Evensong.
The Potter and the Clay|Arthur F. Winnington Ingram
We have no right to complain for a moment of what some people call the monotony of Mattins and Evensong for ourselves.
The Potter and the Clay|Arthur F. Winnington Ingram

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

British Dictionary definitions for mattins

mattins

/ (ˈmætɪnz) /

noun

a variant spelling of matins

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