nuncio
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nuncio¹
- /ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/
- /-siˌoʊ/
Where it comes from
From Spanish nuncio,
from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).
noun nuncios
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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; […].
Similar: nuntius
- One who bears a message; a messenger. [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.
- 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.
Nuncio²
proper noun Nuncios
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "nuncio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nuncio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nuncio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nuncio "nuncio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nuncio.Cite this
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title = {nuncio},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nuncio},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
