Thesaurus: compline

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1. n. Alt. of Complin
2. n. last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring
3. 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.
4. n. last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring