Nunc Dimittis, the name given to the canticle of Simeon (Luke, ii. 29-32), which forms part of the compline office of the Roman Breviary, and is retained in the evening service of the Anglican Church when it follows the second lesson.
Nunc Dimittis
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 553
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