Part 6883

<hw>Mat"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. fr. L. <ets>matutinum</ets> the morning, <ets>matutinus</ets> of the morning, <ets>Matuta</ets> the goddess of the morning. See <er>Matutinal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Morning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <ety>[F. <ets>matines</ets>. See Etymol. above.]</ety> <def>Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.</def>

<blockquote>The winged choristers began To chirp their <b>matins</b>. <i>Cleveland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.</def>

<h1>Matin</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat"in</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.</def>

<h1>Matinal</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat"in*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.</def>

<h1>Matin\'82e</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat`i*n\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from <ets>matin</ets>. See <er>Matin</er>.]</ety> <def>A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See <er>Soir\'90e</er>.</def>

<h1>Matrass</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Ma*trass"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>matras</ets>; perh. so called from its long narrow neck; cf. OF. <ets>matras</ets> large arrow, L. <ets>materis</ets>, <ets>mataris</ets>, <ets>matara</ets>, a Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.</def>

<h1>Matress</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat"ress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Matress</er>.</def>

<h1>Matriarch</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Ma"tri*arch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mater</ets> mother + <ets>-arch</ets>.]</ety> <def>The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.</def>

<h1>Matriarchal</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Ma`tri*ar"chal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch.</def>

<h1>Matriarchate</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Ma"tri*ar"chate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.</def>

<h1>Matrice</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Ma"trice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>matrice</ets>. See <er>Matrix</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Matrix</er>.</def>

<h1>Matricidal</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat"ri*ci`dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to matricide.</def>

<h1>Matricide</h1> <Xpage=902>

<hw>Mat"ri*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>matricidium</ets>; <ets>mater</ets> mother + <ets>coedere</ets> to kill, slay: cf. F. <ets>matricide</ets>. See <er>Mother</er>, and cf. <er>Homicide</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[L. <ets>matricida</ets>: cf. F. <ets>matricide</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who murders one's own mother.</def>