Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)

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Nunc Dimittis (“Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace”) is a biblical canticle from the Gospel of Luke traditionally sung as a hymn of dismissal and peace in Christian liturgical services.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hymn
biblical canticle
liturgical text
associatedWithFeast Candlemas
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
surface form: Presentation of the Lord
genre canticle
hymn
hasBeenSetToMusicBy Arvo Pärt
Charles Villiers Stanford
Herbert Howells
Orlando Gibbons
Thomas Tallis
hasEnglishIncipit Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace
hasLatinTitle Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) self-link
surface form: Nunc Dimittis
hasLiturgicalFunction conclusion of worship
prayer for a peaceful death
isAddressedTo God
isFoundIn Gospel of Luke
New Testament
isFoundInChapter Luke 2
isOccasionedBy Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
surface form: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
isPartOf Daily Office
surface form: Anglican Daily Office

Liturgy of the Hours
surface form: Divine Office

Liturgy of the Hours
isSpokenBy Simeon the God-receiver
surface form: Simeon
languageOfTitle Latin
liturgicalHour Choral Evensong
surface form: Evening prayer

Night prayer
liturgicalUse Compline
Evensong
evening prayer
hymn of dismissal
mentions glory of thy people Israel
light to lighten the Gentiles
salvation prepared before the face of all people
scripturalSource Luke 2:29–32
theme dismissal
fulfilment of prophecy
glory of Israel
light to the Gentiles
peace
salvation
titleTranslation Now you dismiss
usedInTradition Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran churches
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

other Protestant churches

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Great Vespers hasComponent Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple hasLiturgicalText Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc dimittis
Choral Evensong usesTextFrom Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc Dimittis
Compline hasCanticle Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc dimittis
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) hasLatinTitle Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) self-link
subject surface form: Nunc Dimittis
this entity surface form: Nunc Dimittis
Gloucester Service text Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc Dimittis
Gloucester Service usesText Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon)
St Paul’s Service hasPart Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc Dimittis
Salisbury Service hasComponent Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc dimittis
Simeon the God-receiver utteredText Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc dimittis
Simeon the God-receiver associatedWithPrayer Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
this entity surface form: Nunc dimittis (Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)