matins

matins
mat·ins (mătʹnz) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1.
a. Ecclesiastical. The office that formerly constituted together with lauds the first of the seven canonical hours.
b. The time of day appointed for this service, traditionally midnight or 2 A.M. but often sunrise.
2. often Matins See Morning Prayer.
  [Middle English matines, from Old French, from Medieval Latin (vigiliae) mātūtīnae, morning (vigils), feminine pl. of Latin mātūtīnus, of the morning, from Mātūta, goddess of dawn. See mā-1.

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