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COMPLINE

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com⋅pline

  [kom-plin, -plahyn]
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–noun Ecclesiastical.
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, com⋅plin  [kom-plin] .

Origin:
1175–1225; ME comp(e)lin, equiv. to compli, cump(e)lie (< OF complie, cumplie < L complēta (hōra) complete (hour) + -in (of matin )
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com·pline or Com·pline   (kŏm'plĭn, -plīn')   
n.  

  1. The last of the seven canonical hours recited or sung just before retiring.

  2. The time of day appointed for this service.


[Middle English, alteration (probably influenced by matines, matins) of compli, from Old French complie, from Medieval Latin (hōra) complēta, final (hour), from Latin complētus, past participle of complēre, to complete; see complete.]
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