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"He was anxious to make an immediate and lasting peace with Spain; refused to receive a special embassy from the Hollanders; his ambassador at Paris was known to be on terms of intimacy with the Pope's Nuncio; […]."
"[O]thers, held very good men, are at a dead ſtand, not knovving vvhat to doe or ſay; and are therefore called Seekers, looking for nevv Nuntio’s from Chriſt, to aſſoil theſe benighted queſtions, and to give nevv Orders for nevv Churches."
"The Papal Nuncio is visiting our bishop."
The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
Common synonyms include: ambassador, ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate, attache, career diplomat.
The Papal Nuncio is visiting our bishop.
Pronounced /ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/.
From Spanish nuncio, from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).