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matins

N การสวดมนต์ ตอนเช้า  morning prayer kan-sud-mon-ton-chow

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MATINS

n.Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The vigils are celebrated before them, and the nocturne and matins, for the saints whose the relics are.
The winged choristers began
To chirp their matins.
1. Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Romish church.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

matins

mat ins |ˈmatnz ˈmætnz |(Brit. also mattins ) noun a service of morning prayer in various churches, esp. 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. (also matin ) literary the morning song of birds. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French matines, plural (influenced by ecclesiastical 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.

 

Oxford Dictionary

matins

matins |ˈmatɪnz |(also mattins ) noun a Christian service of morning prayer, especially in 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. (also matin ) literary the morning song of birds. 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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

matins

mat ins /mǽt (ə )nz |-tɪnz /名詞 U 〖単複両扱い; しばしばM -〗1 朝の礼拝 〘日曜日の午前11時ごろに始まる 〙(Morning Prayer ).2 〘宗 〙朝課 〘7つの聖務日課の第1時 〙.3 ⦅詩 ⦆(鳥の )朝のさえずり .