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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mat•tins (mat′nz, -inz),USA pronunciation n. (often cap.) (usually used with a sing. v.)[Chiefly Brit.]- Religion, British Termsmatin (def. 1).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mattins /ˈmætɪnz/ n - a variant spelling of matins
mat•in (mat′n),USA pronunciation n. - Religion(often cap.) matins. Also,[esp. Brit.,] mattins. (usually used with a sing. v.)[Eccles.]
- 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.
- [Archaic.]aubade.
adj. - Also, mat′in•al. pertaining to the morning or to matins.
- Latin mātūtīnus matutinal
- Old French matin
- Middle English matyn (plural matines) 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: matins, mattins /ˈmætɪnz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)- chiefly the first of the seven canonical hours of prayer, originally observed at night but now often recited with lauds at daybreak
- the service of morning prayer in the Church of England
- literary a morning song, esp of birds
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, ultimately from Latin mātūtīnus of the morning, from Mātūta goddess of dawn |