Usually means: Final set of nightly prayers.
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  1. compline: Merriam-Webster
  2. compline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compline: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compline: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compline, compline: Wordnik
  7. compline: Wiktionary
  8. compline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. compline (complin): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. compline: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Compline, compline: Dictionary.com
  12. Compline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Compline: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. compline: Rhymezone
  15. Compline: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. compline: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. compline: FreeDictionary.org
  18. compline: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. compline: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. compline: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Compline: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. compline: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compline: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compline)

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

Similar:
complin, nightcap, coda, curfew, capitule, counion, coenobium, colophon, cotillion, canticum, more...

Opposite:
matins, lauds, vespers, evensong

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Similar:
complin, nightcap, coda, curfew, capitule, counion, coenobium, colophon, cotillion, canticum, more...

Opposite:
matins, lauds, vespers, evensong



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