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Definition of matins in English: matins(also mattins) noun ˈmatɪnzˈmætnz 1A Christian service of morning prayer, especially in the Anglican Church. （在各种教堂、尤其是在英国圣公会教堂的）晨祷 Example sentencesExamples - Shrouded by early morning mists, cloaked in oak and beech woods that echo with the sound of matin bells and Gregorian chant, these venerable ruins bring the most distant history to life.
- Most importantly they had to pray seven times a day from the matins in the early morning to the vespers in the evening.
- Two of the pieces we will chant are pulieli which are sung within the matins, with each verse followed by Alleluia.
- Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common.
- It was a Sunday and from modern village far below, the silence was broken by a single male, bass voice chanting: the village priest at his matins.
Synonyms religious worship, worship, religious observance - 1.1 A service forming part of the traditional Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, originally said (or chanted) at or after midnight.
（最初据说在子夜或子夜后，但是历史上是在前一天夜晚举行并唱赞歌的）夜祷，夜间礼拜 - 1.2literary The morning song of birds.
〈诗/文〉（鸟的）晨歌
OriginMiddle 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. Definition of matins in US English: matins(British mattins) nounˈmatnzˈmætnz 1A service of morning prayer in various churches, especially the Anglican Church. （在各种教堂、尤其是在英国圣公会教堂的）晨祷 Example sentencesExamples - It was a Sunday and from modern village far below, the silence was broken by a single male, bass voice chanting: the village priest at his matins.
- Shrouded by early morning mists, cloaked in oak and beech woods that echo with the sound of matin bells and Gregorian chant, these venerable ruins bring the most distant history to life.
- Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common.
- Two of the pieces we will chant are pulieli which are sung within the matins, with each verse followed by Alleluia.
- Most importantly they had to pray seven times a day from the matins in the early morning to the vespers in the evening.
Synonyms religious worship, worship, religious observance - 1.1 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.
（最初据说在子夜或子夜后，但是历史上是在前一天夜晚举行并唱赞歌的）夜祷，夜间礼拜 - 1.2literary The morning song of birds.
〈诗/文〉（鸟的）晨歌
OriginMiddle 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. |