It is usually held in the afternoon or evening, sometimes at the conclusion of Vespers, Compline or the Stations of the Cross, and consists in the singing of certain hymns and canticles, more particularly the 0 salutaris hostia and the Tantum ergo, before the host, which is exposed on the altar in a monstrance and surrounded by not less than ten lighted candles.   anvd [Please select]

"It is eight o'clock, and I must be back to Compline," he said.'   anvd [Please select]

But the bell rang for Compline, and the brothers passed into church.   anvd [Please select]

"The antiphon said after Lauds and Compline from Trinity Sunday to Advent."   anvd [Please select]

It was time for Compline, the last service of the day, and the brothers formed in procession and passed out of the house, across the courtyard, into the little church.   anvd [Please select]

John had grown accustomed to go there after Compline, that he might look on London from that eminence and thank God that he had escaped from its clutches.   anvd [Please select]