RRCthe first prayers of the day in the Christian religion 〔基督教的〕晨祷SYN morning prayer
Examples from the Corpus
matins• But of course, though not before ten-thirty as the Archdeacon was taking a matins for some one on holiday.• Not the right frame of mind for matins.
Originmatins
(1200-1300)Old Frenchmatines, from Latinmatutinus“of the morning”