About The Word Compline
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Compline
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What's The Definition Of Compline?
[n] last of the seven canonical hours
Synonyms | Synonyms for Compline: complin Related Terms | Find terms related to Compline: See Also | canonical hour Compline In Webster's Dictionary \Com"pline\, Complin \Com"plin\, n. [From OE. complie,
OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem.
of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and
closes the service of the day. See {Complete}.] (Eccl.)
The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh
and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the
last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.
The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening
with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
--Hammond.
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