Associations to the word «Nunc»

Wiktionary

NUNC DIMITTIS, proper noun. A canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke in the Bible, named after its incipit in Latin, meaning "now you dismiss", and often used as the final song in a religious service.
NUNC PRO TUNC, noun. (legal) a term indicating a retroactive act of the court.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.