completory

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English

Etymology

From Latin complētōrium.

Pronunciation

Noun

completory (plural completories)

  1. A compline.

Adjective

completory (comparative more completory, superlative most completory)

  1. Serving to fulfil.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Suffered under Pontius Pilate”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      completory of ancient presignifications

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “completory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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