Definitions for matins

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matins mat·in

Spelling: [mat-n]

IPA: /ˈmæt n/

Matins is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in matins (aimnst).

Definitions for matins

noun

1. (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.
2. Archaic. aubade.

adjective

1. Also, matinal. pertaining to the morning or to matins.

Origin of matins

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

Examples for matins

The bishop did not appear at matins, or at the later church service.

He stood therefore at matins, feeling unusually self-satisfied.

If we have overslept our matins, they say, we will make up at high mass.

He has been with me a week, and every day we have had matins, compline, and evensong.

The early morning is my time of self-collection, my hour of prayer, my matins.

Perhaps you like this better:—'Yesterday I went to town and heard the matins read.

The singing at vespers and matins filled him with unutterable joy.

He paused at one of them, and read aloud the third lesson of matins.

The chimes were ringing to matins and the devout were entering to the early mass.

Then the midnight hour struck, and it was time to rise for matins.