Definition of Matins. Meaning of Matins. Synonyms of Matins

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Definition of Matins

Matin
Matin M[^a]`tin", n. [F. m[^a]tin.] (Zo["o]l.) A French mastiff.
Matin
Matin Mat"in, n. [F. fr. L. matutinum the morning, matutinus of the morning, Matuta the goddess of the morning. See Matutinal.] 1. Morning. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. pl. [F. matines. See Etymol. above.] Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. --Cleveland. 3. Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.
Matin
Matin Mat"in, a. Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.

Meaning of Matins from wikipedia

- Matins (also Mattins) is a canonical hour in Christian liturgy, originally sung during the darkness of early morning (between midnight and dawn). The earliest...
- [citation needed] Matins of Great and Holy Friday is celebrated on the evening of Holy Thursday. During this liturgy, twelve Matins Gospels are chanted...
- darkness at the end of the service. Tenebrae was originally a celebration of matins and lauds of the last three days of Holy W**** (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday...
- The Matins Gospel is the solemn chanting of a lection from one of the Four Gospels during Matins in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic churches...
- up matins in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Matins is the canonical hour ending at dawn in the Roman Catholic monastic Liturgy of the Hours. Matins may...
- title Our Lady of Solitude, referring to her grief at the death of her son. Matins of Holy and Great Sa****ay (in parishes usually held on Friday evening)...
- (loud noise). Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the Tenebrae liturgy of matins and lauds of Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) used to be celebrated in the...
- which are read on successive Sundays at matins; there are hymns sung at Matins that correspond with that day's Matins Gospel. Only autocephalous (self-governed)...
- which are read on successive Sundays at matins; there are hymns sung at Matins that correspond with that day's Matins Gospel. The Daily Cycle begins with...
- (in Gr**** usage only), Vespers (or, on a few occasions, Great Compline), Matins, and the First Hour. This service may be performed (commencing the evening...