Matin

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: mat=in

CIDE DICTIONARY

Matin, n. [F. fr. L. matutinum the morning, matutinus of the morning, Matuta the goddess of the morning. See Matutinal.].

•  Morning.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.  [1913 Webster]

  "The winged choristers began
  To chirp their matins."  [1913 Webster]
•  Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.  [1913 Webster]

Matin, a. 

 Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

Matin

Morning

N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.