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matins
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Princeton's WordNet
matins, morning prayernoun
the first canonical hour; at daybreak
Wiktionary
matinsnoun
together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; normally at sunrise, but often earlier
matinsnoun
morning prayers
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Matinsnoun
Morning worship.
Etymology: matines, French.
The winged choristers began
To chirp their mattins. John Cleveland.By the pontifical, no altar is consecrated without reliques: the vigils are celebrated before them, and the nocturn and mattins, for the saints whose the reliques are. Edward Stillingfleet.
That he should raise his mitred crest on high,
And clap his wings, and call his family
To sacred rites; and vex th’ etherial powers
With midnight mattins, at uncivil hours. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Matins
Matins (also Mattins) is a canonical hour in Christian liturgy, originally sung during the darkness of early morning. The earliest use of the term was in reference to the canonical hour, also called the vigil, which was originally celebrated by monks from about two hours after midnight to, at latest, the dawn, the time for the canonical hour of lauds (a practice still followed in certain orders). It was divided into two or (on Sundays) three nocturns. Outside of monasteries, it was generally recited at other times of the day, often in conjunction with lauds. In the Byzantine Rite these vigils correspond to the aggregate comprising the midnight office, orthros, and the first hour.Lutherans preserve recognizably traditional matins distinct from morning prayer, but "matins" is sometimes used in other Protestant denominations to describe any morning service. In the Anglican daily office, the hour of matins (also spelled mattins) is a simplification of matins and lauds from the Use of Sarum. In Oriental Orthodox Christianity and Oriental Protestant Christianity, the office is prayed at 6 am, being known as Sapro in the Syriac and Indian traditions; it is prayed facing the eastward direction of prayer by all members in these denominations, both clergy and laity, being one of the seven fixed prayer times.
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matins
Matins is a service of morning prayer in various Christian churches, traditionally said or sung at sunrise, typically involving a series of psalms, readings, and prayers. It is also one of the traditional divine offices in the Roman Catholic church, Anglican churches, and some other Christian denominations.
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Matins
Matins is the monastic nighttime liturgy, ending at dawn, of the canonical hours. As standardized in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours, it is divided into three Nocturns. The name "Matins" originally referred to the morning office also known as Lauds. When the nocturnal monastic services called Vigils or Nocturns were joined with Lauds, the name of "Matins" was applied at first to the concluding morning service and later still to the entire series of Vigils. In Eastern Orthodoxy these Vigils correspond to the All-night Vigil comprising the Midnight Office and the daybreak service of Orthros. Mattins, often spelled in the Anglican tradition with a double "t", is the Morning Prayer which consolidated the hours of Matins, Lauds and Prime. Lutherans preserve recognizably traditional Matins distinct from Morning Prayer, but "Matins" is sometimes used in other Protestant denominations to describe any morning service.
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Anagrams for matins »
mantis
santim
Tamsin
manist
stamin
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of matins in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of matins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia:
It's difficult to write about anything cheerful, because there's all too little cheerfulness here. On the other hand, God doesn't abandon us. The sun shines, the birds sing, and this morning we heard the bells sounding matins.
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