Nuncio
/ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
"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; […]."
- 2 (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status wordnet
- 3 One who bears a message; a messenger. broadly
"[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."
- 4 Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen. historical
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"The Papal Nuncio is visiting our bishop."
Etymology
From Spanish nuncio, from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).