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Definition of compline

Compline
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. The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night. --Hammond.

Meaning of compline from wikipedia

- Compline (/ˈkɒmplɪn/ KOM-plin), also known as Complin, Night Prayer, or the Prayers at the End of the Day, is the final prayer liturgy (or office) of the...
- Look up compline in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Compline is one of the Christian canonical hours. Compline may also refer to: Compline (composition)...
- The Compline Choir is a nationally acclaimed choral group that chants the Office of Compline every Sunday night, 9:30 P.M. Pacific time, at St. Mark's...
- evening) Compline (end of the day) The three major hours were Matins, Lauds and Vespers; the minor hours were Terce, ****t, Nones and Compline. As the Divine...
- Compline is a septet for flute, clarinet, harp, and string quartet by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the Chamber...
- calendar of the Catholic Church. The Salve Regina is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Sa****ay before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before...
- century it has been used in Christian services of evening worship such as Compline, Vespers, and Evensong. The title is formed from the opening words in the...
- until Pentecost. During this season, it is the Marian antiphon that ends Compline (Night Prayer) and it takes the place of the traditional thrice-daily Angelus...
- close of compline. In the Roman Breviary as revised by Pope Pius V in 1569 it was ****igned for this use from compline of 2 February until compline of Wednesday...
- aggregation of the canonical hours of Compline (in Gr**** usage only), Vespers (or, on a few occasions, Great Compline), Matins, and the First Hour. This...