COMPLINE


Meaning of COMPLINE in English

/kom"plin, -pluyn/ , n. Eccles.

the last of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally occurring after the evening meal but now usually following immediately upon vespers.

Also, complin /kom"plin/ .

[ 1175-1225; ME comp ( e ) lin, equiv. to compli, cump ( e ) lie ( complie, cumplie completa ( hora ) COMPLETE (hour) + -in (of MATIN) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .