Found 2 hits - Term: compline, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : 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
see also:
complete
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
compline
n : last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring syn:
complin
see also:
complin
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