nunc dimittisn.

Brit.

/ˌnʌŋk dᵻˈmɪtᵻs/,

/ˌnʊŋk dᵻˈmɪtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌnəŋk dəˈmɪdᵻs/

Forms: frequently with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nunc dimittis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nunc dimittis, short for Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine..in pace Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace, the Vulgate translation of part of Luke 2:29 (Hellenistic Greek Νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα..ἐν εἰρήνῃ ) and hence the opening words of the song of Simeon in liturgical use (see sense 1) < classical Latin nunc now (see now adv.) + dīmittis , 2nd singular present indicative of dīmittere dismiss v.

a. Christian Church. The song of Simeon in Luke 2:29–32; this song used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or compline. Also: a musical setting of this canticle.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > Nunc Dimittis > [noun]

nunc dimittisOE

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > canticle > specific

MagnificatOE

nunc dimittisOE

Benedictus1549

benedicitec1661

requiem1772

prophecy1853

Agnus1961

OE Regularis Concordia (Corpus Cambr.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1890) 84 10 Nihtsang sy eac mid gedremum swege gesungen and canonica þeawe æfter þam forman sealme In te, domine, speraui, and þær him to gebyreð þæt godspel, þæt is Nunc dimittis.

c1460 J. Lydgate in Minor Poems (1911) i. 76 Symeon with ful devout swetnesse Sang Nunc Dimittis, with ful devout gladnesse Withinne the temple at Cristes presentyng.

?1520 Hendred's Pylgrymage of Man Kynd xxv. l. 62 From pylgrymage then all and some With benedictus Israell bad vs welcome Both magnificat and nunc dimittis.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v^v After that (Nunc Dimittis..) in Englishe as foloweth.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 9 The sweetest Canticle is, Nunc dimittis; when a Man hath obtained worthy Ends, and Expectations.

1693 S. Wesley Life of Christ ii. 32 The Presentation of our Saviour at the Temple, where old Simeon finds him. His Song or the Nunc dimittis.

1717 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. in Verse lxxix Our Saviour presented, and good old Simeon's Nunc dimittis.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 709 As he was repeating the canticle, Nunc dimittis, &c. he calmly expired.

1858 Biblical Repertory Jan. 54 The inspired Scripture hymns, the ‘Benedictus’, the ‘Magnificat’, and the ‘Nunc Dimittis’.

1872 A. T. de Vere Legends St. Patrick in Wks. (1884) II. 57 Those Elders twain With hands upraised..sang the ‘Nunc Dimittis’.

1921 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 692 It would not be enough if the world were to become merely just. We could not even then intone a grateful ‘Nunc dimittis’.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 233/1 Of the NT canticles..the Nunc Dimittis [is used] at Compline.

1986 J. G. Davies New Dict. Liturgy & Worship 147/2 The four canticles most used in Christian worship are the Benedictus.., the Benedicite.., the Nunc Dimittis..and the Magnificat.

b. to sing one's nunc dimittis: to declare oneself willing or ready to depart from life, an occupation, etc. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]

resign1395

recede1452

retirec1598

to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625

to go out1642

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

to make one's bowa1656

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

vacate1812

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to stand down1926

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > accept cheerfully (end of life, occupation, etc.)

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign > be glad to

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

1642 F. Nethersole Considerations Present State 8 I should..cheerfully sing my Nunc dimittis.

1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ii. 17 Now I thanke god I can cherefully sing my nunc dimittis.

1742 G. Whitefield Wks. (1771) I. 408 You are ripened for glory, and are ready to sing your Nunc dimittis.

1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 391 When these things are once completed, I shall..sing my nunc dimittis, return to my farm [etc.].

1825 H. More in W. Roberts Mem. (1834) IV. 257 If I could see the abolition of the slavery..in the West Indies..I could sing my nunc dimittis with joy.

1859 F. Darwin Life & Lett. C. Darwin (1887) II. 232 I am now contented, and can sing my ‘nunc dimittis’.

1881 Cent. Mag. Dec. 200 Warned by the favoring touch of Death, Thy Nunc Dimittis thou hast sung.

1936 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 2 281 That in train, the world statistical organizer could sing his nunc dimittis.

1990 16th Cent. Jrnl. 21 744 The English Reformation did not sing its Nunc Dimittis when Elizabeth's ministers pushed through the Act of Uniformity in 1559.

2. Permission to depart; departure, dismissal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > a dismissal

passport1579

nunc dimittis1594

abscessional1647

heave ho1944

red card1980

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F4^v He..gave her her Nunc dimittis, and so establisht her free of my companie.

1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 256 I expect my Nunc Dimittis, and hope to come in the ferst ship.

1654 Wotton's Lett. (Stanf.) I. 120 Yet my good Lord, at least procure me of my Lord the King a Nunc dimittis, leave to depart.

1699 ‘P. Misiatrus’ Honour of Gout in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 44 He tells the decumbent a long story of the pains and misery of life, in order to make his nunc dimittis go down the easier.

1829 Edinb. Rev. Mar. 218 We shall now bow our heads to the nunc dimittis, come when it may.

1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas v. 59 So far as Lawrence was concerned, the ‘pomp, and pride, and circumstance of glorious war’, had taken up its nunc dimittis.

1898 B. Carman By Aurelian Wall 86 Beyond the mordant reach of pain, the little gospel of the leaves, the Nunc dimittis of the rain.

1921 E. Wharton Let. 6 Aug. (1988) 445 It gives me a ‘Nunc Dimittis’ feeling—or would, if I hadn't still about a hundred subjects to deal with!

1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets iii. vi. 116 Or for that matter..been one night faithful to a ghost before its nunc dimittis into oblivion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nunc dimittis
释义	nunc dimittisn. Brit. /ˌnʌŋk dᵻˈmɪtᵻs/, /ˌnʊŋk dᵻˈmɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌnəŋk dəˈmɪdᵻs/ Forms: frequently with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nunc dimittis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nunc dimittis, short for Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine..in pace Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace, the Vulgate translation of part of Luke 2:29 (Hellenistic Greek Νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα..ἐν εἰρήνῃ ) and hence the opening words of the song of Simeon in liturgical use (see sense 1) < classical Latin nunc now (see now adv.) + dīmittis , 2nd singular present indicative of dīmittere dismiss v. 1. a. Christian Church. The song of Simeon in Luke 2:29–32; this song used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or compline. Also: a musical setting of this canticle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > Nunc Dimittis > [noun] nunc dimittisOE society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > canticle > specific MagnificatOE nunc dimittisOE Benedictus1549 benedicitec1661 requiem1772 prophecy1853 Agnus1961 OE Regularis Concordia (Corpus Cambr.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1890) 84 10 Nihtsang sy eac mid gedremum swege gesungen and canonica þeawe æfter þam forman sealme In te, domine, speraui, and þær him to gebyreð þæt godspel, þæt is Nunc dimittis. c1460 J. Lydgate in Minor Poems (1911) i. 76 Symeon with ful devout swetnesse Sang Nunc Dimittis, with ful devout gladnesse Withinne the temple at Cristes presentyng. ?1520 Hendred's Pylgrymage of Man Kynd xxv. l. 62 From pylgrymage then all and some With benedictus Israell bad vs welcome Both magnificat and nunc dimittis. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v^v After that (Nunc Dimittis..) in Englishe as foloweth. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 9 The sweetest Canticle is, Nunc dimittis; when a Man hath obtained worthy Ends, and Expectations. 1693 S. Wesley Life of Christ ii. 32 The Presentation of our Saviour at the Temple, where old Simeon finds him. His Song or the Nunc dimittis. 1717 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. in Verse lxxix Our Saviour presented, and good old Simeon's Nunc dimittis. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 709 As he was repeating the canticle, Nunc dimittis, &c. he calmly expired. 1858 Biblical Repertory Jan. 54 The inspired Scripture hymns, the ‘Benedictus’, the ‘Magnificat’, and the ‘Nunc Dimittis’. 1872 A. T. de Vere Legends St. Patrick in Wks. (1884) II. 57 Those Elders twain With hands upraised..sang the ‘Nunc Dimittis’. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 692 It would not be enough if the world were to become merely just. We could not even then intone a grateful ‘Nunc dimittis’. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 233/1 Of the NT canticles..the Nunc Dimittis [is used] at Compline. 1986 J. G. Davies New Dict. Liturgy & Worship 147/2 The four canticles most used in Christian worship are the Benedictus.., the Benedicite.., the Nunc Dimittis..and the Magnificat. b. to sing one's nunc dimittis: to declare oneself willing or ready to depart from life, an occupation, etc. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > accept cheerfully (end of life, occupation, etc.) to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign > be glad to to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 1642 F. Nethersole Considerations Present State 8 I should..cheerfully sing my Nunc dimittis. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ii. 17 Now I thanke god I can cherefully sing my nunc dimittis. 1742 G. Whitefield Wks. (1771) I. 408 You are ripened for glory, and are ready to sing your Nunc dimittis. 1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 391 When these things are once completed, I shall..sing my nunc dimittis, return to my farm [etc.]. 1825 H. More in W. Roberts Mem. (1834) IV. 257 If I could see the abolition of the slavery..in the West Indies..I could sing my nunc dimittis with joy. 1859 F. Darwin Life & Lett. C. Darwin (1887) II. 232 I am now contented, and can sing my ‘nunc dimittis’. 1881 Cent. Mag. Dec. 200 Warned by the favoring touch of Death, Thy Nunc Dimittis thou hast sung. 1936 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 2 281 That in train, the world statistical organizer could sing his nunc dimittis. 1990 16th Cent. Jrnl. 21 744 The English Reformation did not sing its Nunc Dimittis when Elizabeth's ministers pushed through the Act of Uniformity in 1559. 2. Permission to depart; departure, dismissal. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > a dismissal passport1579 nunc dimittis1594 abscessional1647 heave ho1944 red card1980 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F4^v He..gave her her Nunc dimittis, and so establisht her free of my companie. 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 256 I expect my Nunc Dimittis, and hope to come in the ferst ship. 1654 Wotton's Lett. (Stanf.) I. 120 Yet my good Lord, at least procure me of my Lord the King a Nunc dimittis, leave to depart. 1699 ‘P. Misiatrus’ Honour of Gout in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 44 He tells the decumbent a long story of the pains and misery of life, in order to make his nunc dimittis go down the easier. 1829 Edinb. Rev. Mar. 218 We shall now bow our heads to the nunc dimittis, come when it may. 1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas v. 59 So far as Lawrence was concerned, the ‘pomp, and pride, and circumstance of glorious war’, had taken up its nunc dimittis. 1898 B. Carman By Aurelian Wall 86 Beyond the mordant reach of pain, the little gospel of the leaves, the Nunc dimittis of the rain. 1921 E. Wharton Let. 6 Aug. (1988) 445 It gives me a ‘Nunc Dimittis’ feeling—or would, if I hadn't still about a hundred subjects to deal with! 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets iii. vi. 116 Or for that matter..been one night faithful to a ghost before its nunc dimittis into oblivion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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