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/ˈkämplin/,/-ˌplīn/,
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complines, plural;
  1. A service of evening prayers forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) before retiring for the night

  1. last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring
  2. Compline (also Complin, Night Prayer, Prayers at the End of the Day) is the final church service (or Office) of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline is the completion of the working day. ...
  3. an evening service to end the day; although the service is an old Christian usage, it has only recently been added to the Prayerbook of the Episcopal Church.
  4. (Gr. Apodeipnon; Sl. Velikoye Povecheniye). A worship service performed after dusk. It is often combined with Vespers, to form an all-night vigil. There is a Great Compline and its abridgement, known as Little Compline.
  5. prayer or Sootoro prayer
  6. The Night Prayer of the Church. The final hour of prayer. Traditionally the Canticle of Simeon, or the Nunc Dimittis, is sung or prayed at this hour.
  7. part of the monastic timetable for liturgy, called horarium.  This worship service typically occurred between 6:15pm-6:30pm in winter and 8:15pm-8:30pm in summer
  8. a service of the Orthodox Church served after supper; there are two types: Little C., served daily, and Great C., which is served during fasts and on the eve of some major feasts, e. g., the Nativity of Christ, Theophany, and Annunciation. C. consists primarily of psalm readings and prayers.
  9. (Completoria).—(I) Ps. iv, 7-10, followed by three Alleluias. (2) Ps. cxxxiii, followed by three Alleluias. (3) Six selected psalms and other verses. (4) Hymn, "Sol Angelorum respite", with Ps. xii, as versicle and response. (5) Ps. xc. (6) Ps. xc., and Ps. ...
  10. An order of service from the Episcopal Liturgy
  11. The eighth hour of prayer, said before sleep
  12. A monastic evening service used to end the day, and included for the first time in the 1979 prayer book. It is pronounced "comp-lyn," not "comp-line."