Definition of Simeon
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
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The first known use of Simeon was before the 12th century
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