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Definition of Compline
1. Noun. Last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring.
Definition of Compline
1. n. 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.
Definition of Compline
1. Noun. the last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring ¹
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Definition of Compline
1. the last liturgical prayer of the day [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compline
Literary usage of Compline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"Next after the compline ... and compline as above fet forth, this would feem a
proper point for introducing one. The Hymn after the Second ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... who belonged to the same school of thought. rendered less stringent; the
silence was restricted to the time between compline and Prime of the following ..."
3. Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman (1868)
"compline. Te lucis ante terminum. that the day-light dies away, By all Thy grace
and love, Thee, Maker of the world, we pray To watch our bed above. ..."
4. Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite by Giuseppe Baldeschi (1873)
"At compline, besides the above, they should not enter during the Confiteor.
Should, however, any person make his entry at any of these times, he will remain ..."
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