matin

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  1. adjective Of or relating to matins or to the early part of the day.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, sing. of matines, matins; see matins.

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  1. from Middle English matin (in plural matyns), from Old French and F. matin (= Italian mattino), morning (matins, morning prayers), from Latin matutinum, the morning, neuter of matutinus, of the morning, from Matuta, the goddess of dawn, as if feminine of an adjective *matutus, early, timely (?), akin to maturus, mature: see mature. Cf. matutine.
 

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/ˈmætɪn/
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