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mattins

/mat-nz, -inz/US // ˈmæt nz, -ɪnz //UK // (ˈmætɪnz) //

马汀斯,马提斯,马丁斯,马特林

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : matin.

Examples

  • These seven offices were condensed in 1519 into two, our present Mattins and Evensong.

  • Miss Deedy ruins her already feeble health with early mattins (she insists on the double t) and frequent fasts.

  • We make it known we shall be pleased to see them after Mattins and Evensong.

  • We have no right to complain for a moment of what some people call the monotony of Mattins and Evensong for ourselves.

  • The days when the thrushes sang mattins were come and all the way she heard freshets of holy song pouring down through the air.