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Definition of Complines
1. compline [n] - See also: compline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complines
Literary usage of Complines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yellow Book (1895)
"Earth's Complines By Charles GD Roberts BEFORE the feet of the dew There came a
call I knew, ... Complines ..."
2. London by Walter Besant (1892)
"No one is ever absent from the daily services, or from complines, except the sick.
The cellarer and hospitaller, after complines, wait upon the guests, ..."
3. The Church Historians of England by Joseph Stevenson (1854)
"No one is ever absent from the daily services, or from Complines, except the sick.
The cellarer and hospitaller, after Complines, wait upon the guests, ..."
4. Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies by Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme (1922)
"meaning to signify by complines her age and the decline of her best days, and
the approach of night. The knight did reply: Sus completas valen mas, ..."
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