compline

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English

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compline

Alternative forms

complin

Etymology

From Middle English compelin, cumplie, from Old French complie, from Latin complēta (hōra) (literally “finished hour”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmplɪn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmplɪn/

Noun

compline (plural complines)

(Christianity) The last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.

Translations

last of the canonical hours

Armenian: եկեսցե (ekescʻe)
Bulgarian: вечерня (večernja)
Dutch: completen (nl) n pl
Finnish: kompletorio
French: complies (fr) f pl
German: Komplet (de) f
Greek: απόδειπνο (el) n (apódeipno)
Hungarian: kompletórium, kompléta
Irish: coimpléid f
Italian: compieta f
Latin: complētōrium n
Macedonian: повечерие n (povečerie)
Old English: nihtsang m
Polish: Kompleta (pl) f
Russian: повече́рие (ru) n (povečérije)
Serbo-Croatian: večernja (sh) f, večernjica (sh) f, kompletorij (sh) m
Slovak: kompletórium n
Spanish: completas (es) f pl
Welsh: cwmplin m

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