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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 889 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATINS (Fr. matins, med. See also:Lat. matutinae, sc. possibly vigiliae, See also:morning watches; from matutinus, " belonging to the morning ")  , a word now only used in an ecclesiastical sense for one of the canonical See also:hours in the See also:Roman See also:Breviary, originally intended to be said at midnight, but sometimes said at See also:dawn, after which " lauds " were recited or sung . In the See also:modern Roman See also:Catholic See also:Church, outside monastic services, the See also:office is usually said on the preceding afternoon or evening . The. word is also used in the Roman Catholic Church for the public service held on See also:Sunday mornings before the See also:mass (see BREVIARY; and HouRS, CANONICAL) . In the Church of See also:England since the See also:Reformation See also:matins is used for the See also:order of public See also:morning See also:prayer .

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