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- Latin · borrowed fromnunc dimittis
- English todayNunc dimittis
Named after its incipit, Latin nunc dimittis (literally “now you dismiss”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nunc dimittis
Today it means: A canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke in the Bible, often used as the final song in a religious service. Full definition →
Latin nunc dimittis