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]