matin (not comparable)
of or relating to matins
matin (plural matins)
(obsolete) morning
• foreday, morn; see also morning
• Maint., Manti, manti, tamin
Matin (plural Matins)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Matin is the 32562nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 706 individuals. Matin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (40.79%), White (36.26%), and Black/African American (12.61%) individuals.
• Maint., Manti, manti, tamin
Source: Wiktionary
Ma`tin", n. Etym: [F. matin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A French mastiff.
Mat"in, n. Etym: [F. fr. L. matutinum the morning, matutinus of the morning, Matuta the goddess of the morning. See Matutinal.]
1. Morning. [Obs.] Shak.
2. pl. Etym: [F. matines. See Etymol. above.]
Definition: Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.
3. Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.
Mat"in, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
