MATINS (Fr. matins, med. Lat. matutin...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 889
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, 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)
Church, outside monastic services, the See also:- 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 ")
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
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of public See also:morning See also:prayer
.
End of Article: MATINS (Fr. matins, med. Lat. matutinae, sc. possibly vigiliae, morning watches; from matutinus, " belonging to the morning ")
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