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Simeon, upon seeing the Messiah, gave thanks to the Lord, singing a hymn now called the Nunc Dimittis:
Catholic Fire 2010
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There was hardly any creature in his habitual world that he was not fond of; teasing them occasionally, of course -- all except his uncle, or "Nunc," as Sir Hugo had taught him to say; for the baronet was the reverse of a strait-laced man, and left his dignity to take care of itself.
Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849
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At the minor Hours, the psalms are said as on feast days, but without antiphon; at Compline, the Nunc dimittis is added to the psalms.
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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For example, every evening at 10pm devout Roman Catholics must examine their consciences, read a psalm, declare In manus tuas, Domine "Into your hands, Lord", sing the Nunc dimittis from the second chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke and conclude with a hymn to the mother of Jesus.
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Then he distributes them to the clergy and laity, whilst the choir sings the canticle of Simeon, "Nunc dimittis".
Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation and Purification 2009
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Also from the close of the thirteenth century is a non-ferial Psalter from St. Katharine in Freiburg. 89 Its contents are the same as the manuscript from Unterlinden, except for the order of the materials that follow the canticles, which in this case run Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Pater noster, Credo, Te Deum, Quicumque, and then the litany of the saints.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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