MATINS (Fr. matins, med. Lat. matutinae, sc. possibly vigiliae, morning watches; from matutinus, " belonging to the morning ")

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MATINS (Fr. matins, med. Lat. matutinae, sc. possibly vigiliae, morning watches; from matutinus, " belonging to the morning ") , a word now only used in an ecclesiastical sense for one of the canonical

hours

HOURS, CANONICAL

in the Roman Breviary, originally intended to be said at midnight, but sometimes said at dawn, after which " lauds " were recited or sung. In the

modern

MODERN

Roman Catholic

Church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
languages
- LANGUAGES
under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
CHURCH,
RICHARD
WILLIAM (1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD
(1784–1873)

, outside monastic services, the

office

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

is usually said on the preceding afternoon or evening. The. word is also used in the Roman Catholic

Church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
languages
- LANGUAGES
under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

for the public service held on Sunday mornings before the

mass

(see BREVIARY; and

HouRS

HOURS, CANONICAL

, CANONICAL). In the Church of England since the Reformation matins is used for the order of public morning

prayer

.

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