Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'PLINE, or COM'PLIN
COM'PLINE, or COM'PLIN, n. [Fr. complie; It. compieta; from L. compleo, complendo, completus.]
The last division of the Romish breviary; the last prayer at night, to be recited after sun-set; so called because it closes the service of the day. – Johnson. Encyc. Taylor.
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