nuncio
IPA: nˈʌnsioʊ
noun
- (Roman Catholicism) 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.
- (by extension) One who bears a message; a messenger.
- (historical) 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.
- A surname.
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Examples of "nuncio" in Sentences
- I don't find the word nuncio anywhere in it.
- Jaffe arrives and both are exposed to the Nuncio.
- The new nuncio succeeded in uniting the Catholics.
- Cortesi served as nuncio to Paraguay in the interim.
- The nuncio to Quirinale would not be nearly as notable.
- He is the papal nuncio to Egypt and delegate to the Arab League.
- He was consecrated exactly a month later by the Nuncio to Venezuela.
- It also requested that the nuncio confirm if he had no such documents.
- The Apostolic Nuncio to East Timor is concurrently the nuncio to Indonesia.
- From this moment the apostolic nuncio in Brussels was in charge of the mission.
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