名詞 matins:

1. the first canonical hour; at daybreak
   同義詞：morning prayer

mat.ins

n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（名詞）（與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）

Ecclesiastical The office that formerly constituted the first of the seven canonical hours.
【基督教會(huì)】 申正經(jīng)：正式構(gòu)成天主教七段祈禱時(shí)間第一段的禱告時(shí)間
The time of day appointed for this service, traditionally midnight or 2a.m. but often sunrise.
晨禱：申正經(jīng)祈禱時(shí)間，傳統(tǒng)上是在半夜或凌晨 2點(diǎn)，但通常是在日出時(shí)
Often Matins See Morning Prayer
常作 Matins 參見 Morning Prayer

來(lái)源：
Middle English matines
中古英語(yǔ) matines
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin (vigiliae) m3tôtonae [morning (vigils)]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) (vigiliae) m3tôtonae [早晨（宗教節(jié)日前夕守夜）]
feminine pl. of Latin m3tôtonus [of the morning]
拉丁語(yǔ) m3tôtonus的陰性復(fù)數(shù) [早晨的]
from M3tôta [goddess of dawn] * see m3-
源自 M3tôta [黎明女神] *參見 m3-