NuncDimittis

Nunc Di·mit·tis (nŭngk' dĭ-mĭtʹĭs, no͝ongk') n.

A Christian canticle or hymn using the words of Simeon in Luke 2:29-32, beginning “Nunc dimittis servum tuum” (“Now lettest thou thy servant depart”).

  [Late Latin Nunc Dīmittis: Latin nunc, now + Latin dīmittis, second person sing. present tense of dīmittere, to send away.]

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