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The last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: complin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: canonical hour
From Middle English compelin, cumplie, from Old French complie, from Latin complēta (hōra) (literally “finished hour”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
եկեսցե
(ekescʻe)
— last of the canonical hours
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Bulgarian:
вечерня
(večernja)
— last of the canonical hours
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Catalan:
completes
— last of the canonical hours
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Dutch:
completen
— last of the canonical hours
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Finnish:
kompletorio
— last of the canonical hours
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French:
complies
— last of the canonical hours
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German:
Komplet
— last of the canonical hours
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Greek:
απόδειπνο
(apódeipno)
— last of the canonical hours
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Hungarian:
kompletórium
— last of the canonical hours
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Hungarian:
kompléta
— last of the canonical hours
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Irish:
coimpléid
— last of the canonical hours
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Italian:
compieta
— last of the canonical hours
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Latin:
complētōrium
— last of the canonical hours
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Macedonian:
повечерие
(povečerie)
— last of the canonical hours
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Old English:
nihtsang
— last of the canonical hours
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Polish:
Kompleta
— last of the canonical hours
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Russian:
повече́рие
(povečérije)
— last of the canonical hours
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Serbo-Croatian:
večernja
— last of the canonical hours
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Serbo-Croatian:
večernjica
— last of the canonical hours
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Serbo-Croatian:
kompletorij
— last of the canonical hours
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Slovak:
kompletórium
— last of the canonical hours
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Spanish:
completas
— last of the canonical hours
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Welsh:
cwmplin
— last of the canonical hours