Compline

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening
           with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
                                                    --Hammond.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compline
       n : last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring [syn:
            {complin}]