(definition) by Webster 1913 Fri Oct 21 2005 at 4:17:52

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.

 

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