matins

See also: Matins and mâtins

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English matyns, matynes, from Old French matines.

Alternative forms

• mattins

Noun

matins

1. 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.

2. Morning prayers.
   • 1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volumes (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

• mumble-matins

Translations

earliest canonical hour

• Catalan: matines (ca) f pl
• French: matines (fr) f pl
• German: Mette (de) f
• Greek: όρθρος (el) m (órthros)
• Hungarian: vigília (hu), matutinum
• Latin: mātūtīnum n, vigiliae f pl (medieval)
• Middle English: matyns
• Russian: у́треня (ru) f (útrenja)

morning prayers

• Bulgarian: утринна молитва f (utrinna molitva)
• Greek: όρθρος (el) m (órthros)
• Italian: mattutino (it) m
• Portuguese: matinas (pt) f pl, matutinos (pt) m pl (archaic)
• Russian: зау́треня (ru) f (zaútrenja)

Etymology 2

Noun

matins

1. plural of matin

Anagrams

• MASINT, Mastin, Tamsin, manist, mantis, santim, stamin, tamins

Catalan

Noun

matins

1. plural of matí

French

Noun

matins m

1. plural of matin

Anagrams

• maints
• misant

Gothic

Romanization

matins

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃

Middle English

Noun

matins

1. Alternative form of matyns