Matinee: alternatives and connections

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

By day, or every day; in the daytime.

The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the da…

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; origi…

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.

light during the daytime

A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat;…

A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer c…

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.