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matutinal

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ma·tu·ti·nal  (m-ttn-l, -tyt-, mch-tnl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or occurring in the morning; early.
[Late Latin mttnlis, from Latin mttnus; see matins.]
ma·tuti·nal·ly adv.
matutinal [ˌmætjʊˈtaɪnəl]
adj
of, occurring in, or during the morning
[from Late Latin mātūtīnālis, from Latin mātūtīnus, from Mātūta goddess of the dawn]
matutinally  adv
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Adj.1.matutinal - pertaining to or occurring in the morning; "took his matutinal walk"


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He was an imposing and sombre personage, before whom the choir boys in alb and in jacket trembled, as well as the machicots*, and the brothers of Saint-Augustine and the matutinal clerks of Notre-Dame, when he passed slowly beneath the lofty arches of the choir, majestic, thoughtful, with arms folded and his head so bent upon his breast that all one saw of his face was his large, bald brow.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
"Ata," explained So-ta, when I questioned her as to the purpose of this matutinal rite; but that was later.
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Is all this precious time to be lavished on the matutinal repair and beautifying of an elderly person, who never goes abroad, whom nobody ever visits, and from whom, when she shall have done her utmost, it were the best charity to turn one's eyes another way?
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