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
Then Poppy, her exercises done, majestically trod the coverlet to salute her mistress with the accustomed matinal salutation which Missy called a kiss.
From Missy by Dana Gatlin
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
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 Justin McCarthy
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 Lewis Wallace
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