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Sim·e·on | \ ˈsi-mē-ən 
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\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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