| 释义 |
ˈnight-song
[f. night n. + song n.]
1. A song sung by night.
1811Moore Irish Melodies Poet. Wks. (1897) 102 The hour That awakens the night-song of mirth in your bower.
2. Eccl. [after OE. niht-sang.] The last of the seven canonical hours; compline.
1844Lingard Anglo-Saxon Ch. (1858) I. vii. 272 The time for the night-song was, strictly speaking, midnight. 1853Rock Ch. Fathers III. ii. 10 Complin or night-song, which is rather a complement to, than a distinct hour by itself of, the divine office. |