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Definition of Matins
1. Noun. The first canonical hour; at daybreak.
Definition of Matins
1. Noun. together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; normally at sunrise, but often earlier ¹
2. Noun. morning prayers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matins
1. matin [n] - See also: matin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matins
Literary usage of Matins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"15-21 matins .. Mark TÍ. 35-44 Liturgy .. Luke Ix. 121J Gospel lessons for the
seventh ... 1-30 Feast of the Glorious Resurrection - matins .. Mark xri. ..."
2. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1885)
"By looking at the Offices of matins and Evensong for the First Sunday ...
That Edward's First Book chiefly followed matins and Prime in the morning: and in ..."
3. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Such doubling was less necessary when the vowel was not e ; so that the old forms
manage, matins 1, bigot, metal*, colour, busy, canon, are still in use. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... But the yeoman must start when the bugles THE monk must arise when the matins
ring, . 'T is time, my hearts, ' t is time. There 's bucks and raes on ..."
5. The Christian Examiner (1844)
"Perhaps there might be some improvement in The Present in definiteness of statement,
and clearness of expression. H. matins and Vespers ; with Hymns and ..."
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