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1Compline — • Scholarly essay on what is essentially a bedtime prayer, often recited privately Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Compline Complin …
2Compline — (  /ˈkɒm …
3Complin — 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… …
4Compline — 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… …
5compline — or complin [käm′plən] n. [ME compli(n) < OFr complie < ML(Ec) completa (hora), completed (hour) < L completus: see COMPLETE] [often C ] the last of the seven canonical hours; night prayer: also complines or complins [com′plənz] …
6compline — /kom plin, pluyn/, n. Eccles. the last of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally occurring after the evening meal but now usually following immediately upon vespers. Also, complin /kom plin/. [1175 1225; ME comp(e)lin, equiv …
7compline — /ˈkɒmplən/ (say kompluhn), / plaɪn/ (say pluyn) noun Ecclesiastical the last of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring originally after the evening meal but more recently after vespers. Also, complin /ˈkɒmplən/ (say kompluhn) …
8complin — noun last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring • Syn: ↑compline • Hypernyms: ↑canonical hour …
9Canonical hours — Benedictine monks singing Vespers on Holy Saturday. Canonical hours are divisions of time which serve as increments between the prescribed prayers of the daily round. A Book of Hours contains such a set of prayers. In western Catholicism,… …
10Office of the Dead — The Office of the Dead is a prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman Catholic Church, said for the repose of the soul of a decedent. It is the proper reading on All Souls Day (normally November 2) for all souls in Purgatory, and can… …
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