Compline

In Christian liturgy, the canonical hour is the last of the seven times set by the Church for the liturgy.
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Compline

Summary

Compline is a Christian liturgical element[1]. Compline draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (christian_liturgical_element category, ranking #3 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • Compline's instance of is recorded as Christian liturgical element[3].
  • Compline's instance of is recorded as Prayer in the Catholic Church[4].
  • Compline's follows is recorded as Vespers[5].
  • Compline's GND ID is recorded as 4283933-6[6].
  • Compline's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh95001921[7].
  • Compline's subclass of is recorded as canonical hours[8].
  • Compline's part of is recorded as Liturgy of the Hours[9].
  • Compline's Commons category is recorded as Compline[10].
  • Compline's religious order is recorded as Benedictines[11].
  • Compline's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036byq[12].
  • Compline's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1206227[13].
  • Compline's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0092351[14].
  • Compline's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[15].
  • Compline's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900[16].
  • Compline's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Compline's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Compline's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Compline[19].
  • Compline's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'completorium'}[20].
  • Compline's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 04187a[21].
  • Compline's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 2580820[22].
  • Compline's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as naktine[23].
  • Compline's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007539542405171[24].
  • Compline's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as completes[25].
  • Compline's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/4bd196e0-2d7a-4a12-ac8d-1bbf841040c9[26].

Body

Geography

Compline's part of is recorded as Liturgy of the Hours[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Christian liturgical element[3] and Prayer in the Catholic Church[4].

Why It Matters

Compline draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (christian_liturgical_element category, ranking #3 of 18).[2] Compline has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Compline is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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