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prayer for people who think 3 a.m. is a perfectly reasonable hour to sing
means The first of the canonical hours of prayer in Christian liturgy, traditionally sung or recited in the dead of night or before dawn.
from From Latin matutinus, 'of the morning,' tied to Matuta, the old Roman goddess of the dawn. It traveled through Old French matines into English, and the same root quietly gives us the 'matinee' — though one fills the morning with hymns and the other the afternoon with theatre.
- name origin
- From Latin matutinus, belonging to the morning
- timing
- Traditionally sung in darkness before dawn
- monastic life
- Monks rose mid-sleep to chant it
- music legacy
- Inspired Rachmaninoff's celebrated All-Night Vigil
- the hours
- First of eight daily canonical prayer offices
for instance
gregorian chant matins — liturgical office sung at midnight or early morning in catholic and anglican churches since medieval times
notre-dame de chartres matins — canonical hours service still performed daily at chartres cathedral in france