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Matins

Artist's impression of the monks' choir
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Artist's impression of the monks' choir

One of the Canonical Hours, it was celebrated before Prime. The term, however, is rather ambiguous for what was in the Middle Ages called Matins is known now as Lauds, and what was then called Nocturns (Vigils) is now known as Matins. In the later Middle Ages Matins and Lauds were together referred to as Vigils.