单词 | to sing one's nunc dimittis |
释义 | > as lemmasto sing one's nunc dimittis 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. < as lemmas |
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