The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wikipedia
"Nunc Dimittis" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It was first published under the title "The Devious Bachelor" in Colliers in September 1953. The story is wholly told from the first-person perspective.
Nunc dimittis is a 2001 composition for choir by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
The work features a pedal sung by the men in the choir contrasting with the melody sung by the women.
Usage examples of "nunc dimittis".
Resurrection would have been too simple a term, but after the assimilation process, he would often go off by himself, climbing higher into the cliffs to look out into the deepening sapphire twilight and, quite without knowing it, sing to himself the Nunc dimittis.
Then I will sing the Nunc Dimittis, then will I say, 'Now, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace.
It is called the nunc dimittis, a song that says 'Lord, You may let Your servant die, for he has seen his purpose fulfilled.
And then, even while the priest was chanting the Nunc Dimittis, all the alarm bells rang, there was a Saxon attack—.