compline

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English compelin, cumplie, from Old French complie, from Latin complēta (hōra) (literally “finished hour”).

Compline: even-song in the church service; chorus. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
After vespers, about compline, as he pursued his way, he saw a knight returning from the wood where he had been hunting. — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
By day they did nothing but ascend and descend the steps which led to the chapel; at night, in addition to complines and matins, they were further obliged to leap twenty times out of their beds and prostrate themselves on the floor of their cells. — The three musketeers, Alexandre Dumas

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