COMPLIN

compline, complin

(noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

complin (plural complins)

Alternative form of compline

Source: Wiktionary


Com"pline, Com"plin, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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