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matins

noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction, often capitalized mat·ins \ ˈma-tᵊnz \

Definition of matins

1 : the night office forming with lauds the first of the canonical hours
2 : morning prayer

Origin and Etymology of matins

Middle English matines, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin matutinae, from Latin, feminine plural of matutinus

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