complin

1. 1.

   last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring

   Synonymscompline

   Broadercanonical hour

Other forms of complin

plural

complins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about complin

What does complin mean?

complin means "last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring".

How many syllables are in complin?

complin has 2 syllables: com-plin. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for complin?

Close synonyms include compline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is complin a common word?

complin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.