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

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

The matinal hour devoted to this refreshing walk was to both maidens the calmest and happiest of the twenty-four.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

Awaking early, he made personal preparation for the day, and with the Brotherhood in the chapel, performed the matinal breviary services, consisting of lauds, psalms, lections and prayers.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis

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