| 单词 | compline | 
| 释义 | complinen. a.  In Catholic ritual: The last service of the day, completing the services of the canonical hours; also, the hour of that service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > compline > 			[noun]		 night-songOE complinea1225 completoryc1450 completorium1625 completes1658 night office1706 α.  β. a1225    Ancr. R. 22 note 		(MS. C.)	  				Bifore Vchtsong & et Compelin; from ouþer Compelin oðer Preciosa beo iseid holdeð silence.c1315    Shoreham 88  				At complyn hyt was y-bore To the beryynge, That noble corps of Jhesu Cryst.c1386    G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋312  				General confession of Confiteor at masse..and at Complyn [v.r. Complyne, Compelyn].a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 l. 16861  				Fra þe middai to complin [Gött. þe complene].c1420    Lay-Folks Mass-bk. 86 York Hours  				At our of comepelyn, thei leiden hym in graue.1526    W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection  iii. sig. KKKiiv  				In matynes, prime, tierce, sexte, none, euynsong, & complyn.1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 182  				Les complies..complayn, the hour of service that foloweth evynsong.1782    J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II.  ix. 211  				[They] only spake..between vespers and compline.1832    W. Palmer Origines Liturg. 		(1845)	  i. i. 204  				Compline or completorium, was the last service of the day..first appointed by the celebrated abbot Benedict.γ. 1599    J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Completas  				Complynes, a piece of popish seruice.1625–6    J. Minsheu Ductor in Linguas 		(ed. 2)	 at Completes  				Complines, a peece of seruice said in the euening, Euensong.1805    R. Southey Madoc  i. xv. 160  				Between the complines and the matin-bell.1873–4    W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II.  xii. iii. 302  				He was never missed from chapel during matins, mass, and complines.?c1225						 (?a1200)						    Ancrene Riwle 		(Cleo. C.vi)	 		(1972)	 20  				Seggeð Pater noster wið crede..et compelin. ?c1225						 (?a1200)						    Ancrene Riwle 		(Cleo. C.vi)	 		(1972)	 20  				Biforen vchtsong..& et compelin. From ouwer compelin oðet Preciosa beo iseid. haldeð silence. c1300    Beket 2078  				The Monekes songe Compli for hit was neȝ Eve. a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 l. 25209  				At time o compli [Gött. compleie, Fairf. complin].  b.  attributive. ΚΠ 1513    G. Douglas in  tr.  Virgil Æneid  xiii. Prol. 35  				The lark discendis from the skyis hycht Singand hyr compling sang. 1530    Myroure Oure Ladye 		(Fawkes)	 		(1873)	  i. 14  				At complyn tyme, our lorde ihesu cryst..at euen prayed. 1612    T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. D2  				Sing at prime, At euen-song, and at compline time. a1649    R. Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro 45  				T he Complin hour comes last, to call Vs to our own live's funerall. 1866    J. H. Blunt Annot. Bk. Common Prayer 506  				This ancient Compline Psalm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). <  | 
	
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