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nuncio


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nuncio  \Nun"ci*o\,  n.;  pl  {Nuncios}.  [It.  nunzio,  nuncio,  fr 
  L.  nuncius,  nuntius  messenger;  perh.  akin  to  novus  new  E. 
  new  and  thus  one  who  brings  news  Cf  {Announce}.] 
  1.  A  messenger.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  2.  The  permanent  official  representative  of  the  pope  at  a 
  foreign  court  or  seat  of  government.  Distinguished  from  a 
  legate  a  latere,  whose  mission  is  temporary  in  its  nature, 
  or  for  some  special  purpose.  Nuncios  are  of  higher  rank 
  than  internuncios. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nuncio 
  n  :  (Roman  Catholic)  a  diplomatic  representative  of  the  Pope 
  having  ambassadorial  status 




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