In the Bell Tower a fine chime of bells is placed the playing of which at noon and sunset recalls the matins and vespers of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Franciscan Missions Of California] Reference
Whether my companions heard it or not, I know not, but it was a kind of matins to me, and the event of that forenoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
The day was thrilling with the matins of the birds. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
I took a little water and a parched pea after matins. From Wordnik.com. [Our Street] Reference
He slept like a top and got up at midnight for matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
“We get up at midnight anyway, for matins,” Johnny said. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
'He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor.'. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
The birds chant loud their matins; all the earth seems newly born. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Her bright eyes never grew dry, till on the morn she went to matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Peter watched long before the signal for matins, and after, with the rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
At midnight Philip got up and walked through the rain to the crypt for matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
These never eat meat except on Sundays, sing matins at midnight, and wear no linen. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
When matins came to be said, there was a place vacant in the first rank of boarders. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
The next morning she was compliant or politic enough to hear matins in the queen's closet. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Only the birds that darted here and there from hedges were awake, and singing their matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
They were excellent persons of the kind that talk about matins and vespers, and attend both. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
So very happily and peacefully they listened to the ringing of the bell, until Kemoc had said matins. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
The joyful peals from the churches were heard, the peaceful matins from the convent and village bells. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Il est dans mon habitude de me lever tous les matins sans exception (dimanche aussi donc) a 8h00 du matin!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Leonard wrote back to say that he received penitents in the chapel for two hours after matins every Monday. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
After supper he read a pious book to his family for an hour, then night prayers; after which he said matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
He got up at midnight for matins, then lay awake on his straw mattress, wondering what would happen tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The family were devoted Catholics, and sung matins and vespers, and had pictures and images of saints about the room. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
These had their sweet bells that pierced the forests for many a league at matins or vespers, and each its own dreamy legend. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
The precise number of lights is determined by that of the psalms, which is the same as at ordinary matins of three nocturns. From Wordnik.com. [The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome] Reference
He must hear mass and say matins and vespers every day, under pain of a fine of a penny, and attend certain services on feast days. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
Standing directly beneath the new tower, singing matins, Philip felt the whole building had an air of immense dignity and strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
They sleep till noon and have their mercenary Levite come to their bedside, where he chops over his matins before they are half up. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise of Folly] Reference
Seven hours a day are allotted the monks for manual labor, and two for pious reading, besides meditation from matins till break or day. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The sharp, fretful jangle went through shawls and cushions, and the fear of hearing it more distinctly prevented me from rising for matins. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
Each day at matins, Republicans chant a near-religious mantra against the Obama Administration's stimulus efforts: government spending bad. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: The Great Republican Contradiction] Reference
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