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   mat·ins

   /ˈmatnz/

   noun

   • 1. a service of morning prayer in various churches, especially the Anglican Church.
   • ▪ a service forming part of the traditional Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, originally said (or chanted) at or after midnight, but historically often held with lauds on the previous evening.
   • ▪ the morning song of birds.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French matines, plural (influenced by Church Latin matutinae ‘morning prayers’) of matin ‘morning’, from Latin matutinum, neuter of matutinus ‘early in the morning’, from Matuta, the name of the dawn goddess.

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