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the day's last prayer, sung into the dark like a lullaby for monks
means Compline is the final prayer service of the day in the traditional Christian daily office, said or sung before bed to close the hours with quiet and rest.
from From the Latin completorium, 'that which completes,' built on complere, 'to fill up' or 'finish' — the same root behind 'complete' and 'complement.' It reached English through Old French complie, naming the prayer that fills out and finishes the cycle of the monastic day.
- name origin
- From Latin completorium, meaning completion
- the hours
- Final of seven canonical daily prayer times
- great silence
- Begins monastic silence lasting until morning
- signature line
- Asks God to guard sleepers against night fears
- musical legacy
- Inspired countless choral and a cappella settings
compline at westminster abbey — daily christian prayer service, the final canonical hour, sung at westminster abbey in london since medieval times
compline at mount athos — monastic evening prayer service performed nightly at the autonomous monasteries of mount athos, greece