Compline
canonical hour
Also known as: Apodeipnon
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practices of divine office
- In divine office
Compline, a night prayer, is of monastic origin, as was prime, recited in the early morning before being suppressed in 1964. The office has for centuries been primarily the responsibility of monks, who sang it in choir, and priests, who often recited it privately. The…
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