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[syn: compline, complin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Compline \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.
[1913 Webster]
The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening
with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
--Hammond.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
compline
n 1: last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring
[syn: compline, complin]