Search Result for "nunc dimittis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32);
[syn: Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nunc dimittis \Nunc" di*mit"tis\ [L. nunc now + dimittis thou lettest depart.] (Eccl.) The song of Simeon (--Luke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of many churches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nunc dimittis n 1: the prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32) [syn: Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis]