† matins, v. Obs.
[f. matins: see matin.]
intr. To perform matins; also trans. to honour (a saint) with celebration of matins. Hence † matinsed ppl. a., † matinsing vbl. n. Also † matinser nonce-wd., one who performs matins.
| 1543 Mattenser [see masser1]. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 72 b, Whan theyr feastfull dayes come, they are..with no small solempnite, mattensed, massed,..sensed, smoked, perfumed and worshypped. 1547 ― Latter Exam. A. Askew Pref. 8 These clowted, canonysed, solempnysed, sensed, mattensed, and massed martyrs. 1553 Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 141 b, Al other fashions of Mattensyng and Massyng..vtterly put away. |