matinal

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"The sidewalks are swept, there is no refuse piled up, and a matinal sprinkler truck comes through, washing down the streets."

From Time Magazine Archive

He forbade the matinal visit to church, to which she clung so ardently.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann

Perched on the steps of the church stood the stooped sable figure of the king, just coming from his matinal devotions.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

W. is not at all "matinal" and hates doing any kind of business early—must always have his ride first.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

Presently, glancing from his south window, he observed several matinal smokes rising from the chimneys of a country-house a mile away, on a slope fronting the river.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various