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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Compline \Com"pline\, Complin \Com"plin\, n. [From OE. complie,
     OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem.
     of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and
     closes the service of the day. See Complete.] (Eccl.)
     The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh
     and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the
     last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening
           with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
                                                    --Hammond.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Compline \Com"pline\, Complin \Com"plin\, n. [From OE. complie,
     OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem.
     of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and
     closes the service of the day. See Complete.] (Eccl.)
     The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh
     and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the
     last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.
  
           The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening
           with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
                                                    --Hammond.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  compline
       n : last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring [syn:
            complin]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Compline /kəmplˈaɪn/
  الصّلاة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  compline //ˈkɑmplɪn// //ˈkɒmplɪn// 
  вечерня
  last of the canonical hours

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  compline /kəmplˈaɪn/ 
   [náb] poboznost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  compline /kəmplˈaɪn/
  Komplet  [relig.]
   see: complines
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  compline /kəmplˈaɪn/
  1. kompletórium
  2. kompléta

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 晚祷

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