MATIN

n. a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A French mastiff.

2.
n.

Morning. [Obs.] Shak.

3.
n.

pl. Etym: [F. matines. See Etymol. above.]

4.
n.

Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.

5.
n.

Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.

6.
a.

Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.


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