Definitions for: Compline

[n] last of the seven canonical hours

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: complin

See Also: canonical hour

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