Nunc dimittis
![Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, around 1700–1710.](/Images/godic/202501/30/Aert_de_Gelder_-_Het_loflied_van_Simeon4610.jpg")
![The start of the Nunc dimittis in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry](/Images/godic/202501/30/Folio_63r_-_The_Presentation_in_the_Temple4610.jpg")
![Stained glass window in St. Alban's Anglican Church in Copenhagen, Denmark, depicting the](/Images/godic/202501/30/St._Albans_-_Fenster_Nunc_dimittis4610.jpg")
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The Nunc dimittis (/nʊŋk dɪˈmɪtɪs/; also Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon) is a canticle from a New Testament text in the second chapter of Luke named after its incipit in Latin, meaning 'Now you dismiss...'. (Luke 2:29–32), often used as the final song in a religious service.