n.
Pronunciation: ' si-m ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Syme ō n, from Hebrew Shim' ō n
Date: before 12th century
1 : a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
2 : a devout man of Jerusalem held to have uttered the Nunc Dimittis on seeing the infant Jesus in the temple