Hypertext Webster Gateway: "matin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matin \M[^a]`tin"\, n. [F. m[^a]tin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A French mastiff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matin \Mat"in\, n. [F. fr. L. matutinum the morning, matutinus
of the morning, Matuta the goddess of the morning. See
{Matutinal}.]
1. Morning. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. pl. [F. matines. See Etymol. above.] Morning worship or
service; morning prayers or songs.
The winged choristers began To chirp their matins.
--Cleveland.
3. Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the
Roman Catholic Church.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matin \Mat"in\, a.
Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the
morning; matutinal.
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