matins
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmætɪnz/
Etymology 1
From Middle English matyns, matynes, from Old French matines.
Alternative forms
Noun
matins
- Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; traditionally prayed at sunrise or earlier.
- 2017, Edward H. Roesner, editor, Ars antiqua: Organum, Conductus, Motet, Routledge, →ISBN, page 43:
- This chant was sung in many cathedrals both at First Vespers and at Matins for Christmas Day. In Notre Dame and many other churches, however, it was only performed at First Vespers.
- Morning prayers.
- 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- The monk must arise when the matins ring, / The abbot may sleep to their chime; / But the yeoman must start when the bugles sing / ’Tis time, my hearts, ’tis time.
Derived terms
Translations
earliest canonical hour
morning prayers
Etymology 2
Noun
matins
- plural of matin
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
matins
- plural of matí
French
Noun
matins m
- plural of matin
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
matins
- romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃
Middle English
Noun
matins
- alternative form of matyns