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compline, complin|ˈkɒmplɪn|
Forms: α. 3 cumplie, cumpelie, 4 compli, -pleie; β. 3 compelin, 5 comepelyn, compelyn; 4–6 complyn, 4– complin, 7– compline (also 4–6 complene, 5 -plenne, 6 -pleyn, -playn, -pleine, -pling); γ. 6–9 complines.
[ME. cumplie, a. OF. conplie, complie, cumplie:—L. complēta (sc. hora), in mod.F. always pl. complies. The form compelin, found already in 13th c., later complin, has not been satisfactorily explained: the suggestion that it was an adjective form corresponding to a L. *complētīnus (cf. vespertīnus), is phonetically and analogically satisfactory, but still lacks evidence. In recent times, the plural complines, after the Fr. and L. and analogous to matins, has come in. The final e is modern and unhistorical.]
In Catholic ritual: The last service of the day, completing the services of the canonical hours; also, the hour of that service.
αa1225Ancr. R. 22 Biuore Cumplie, oðer efter Uhtsong, siggeð Dirige. Ibid. 22 Siggeð Credo mit te Pater Noster..efter Cumpelie. a1300Cursor M. 25609 (Cott.) At time o compli [Gött. compleie, Fairf. complin]. c1300Beket 2078 The Monekes songe Compli for hit was neȝ Eve.
βa1225Ancr. R. 22 note (MS. C.), Bifore Vchtsong & et Compelin; from ouþer Compelin oðer Preciosa beo iseid holdeð silence. a1300Cursor M. 16861 (Cott.), Fra þe middai to complin [v.r. the complene]. c1315Shoreham 88 At complyn hyt was y-bore To the beryynge, That noble corps of Jhesu Cryst. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋312 General confession of Confiteor at masse..and at Complyn [v.r. Complyne, Compelyn]. c1420Lay-Folks Mass-bk. 86 York Hours, At our of comepelyn, thei leiden hym in graue. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 164 b, In matyns, pryme, tierce, sext, none, euensonge and complyn. 1530Palsgr. 182, Les complies..complayn, the hour of service that foloweth evynsong. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. ix. 211 [They] only spake..between vespers and compline. 1832Sir W. Palmer Orig. Liturg. (1845) i. i. 204 Compline or completorium, was the last service of the day..first appointed by the celebrated abbot Benedict.
γ1599Minsheu Sp. Dict., Completas, complynes, a piece of popish seruice. 1625–6― Ductor, Completes or Complines, a peece of seruice said in the euening, Euensong. 1805Southey Madoc in W. xv, Between the complines and the matin-bell. 1873–4Dixon Two Queens II. xii. iii. 302 He was never missed from chapel during matins, mass, and complines.
b. attrib.
1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 14 At complyn tyme, our lorde ihesu cryst..at euen prayed. 1513Douglas Aeneis xiii. Prol. 35 The lark discendis from the skyis hycht Singand hyr compling sang. 1612Dekker If it be not good Wks. 1873 III. 285 Sing at prime, At euen-song, and at compline time. 1647Crashaw Poems 178 The complin hour comes last, to call Us to our own life's funeral. 1866Blunt Annot. Com. Prayer 506 This ancient Compline Psalm. |