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nun·ci·o

(nŭn′sē-ō′, no͝on′-)

n. pl. nun·ci·os

A papal ambassador or representative.

[Italian, from Latin nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots.]

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nuncio

(ˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ; -sɪ-)

n, pl -cios

(Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a diplomatic representative of the Holy See, ranking above an internuncio and esp having ambassadorial status

[C16: via Italian from Latin nuntius messenger]

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nun•ci•o

(ˈnʌn ʃiˌoʊ, -siˌoʊ, ˈnʊn-)

n., pl. -ci•os.

a permanent diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital.

[1520–30; < Italian nuncio, nunzio < Latin nūntius messenger]

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nuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status

papal nuncio

Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations

nuncio

noun ambassador, representative, envoy, messenger, legate The papal nuncio is expected to arrive in Prague before the end of this month.

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nuncij

nuntius

nuncio

[ˈnʌnʃɪəʊ] N (also papal nuncio) → nuncio m apostólico

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nuncio

n (= Papal nuncio) → Nuntius m

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But I don't know what to say, for I am ready to swear I left him shut up in the Casa del Nuncio at Toledo, and here another Don Quixote turns up, though a very different one from mine."

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Hubert Wolf, Eugenio Pacelli als Nuntius in Deutschland. Forschungsperspektiven und Ansatze zu einem internationalen Vergleich

Well before World War II, as reports from apostolic nuncios and episcopal conferences show, the Vatican was aware of the dangers inherent in Nazism.

Pius XII opposed Nazis

The document was sent out sub secreto, first to Papal Nuncios, and, when that seemed to have no results, to presidents of episcopal conferences, instructing bishops never to alter the sex listed in parish baptismal records.

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In mid-September the news arrived that the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Ventura (the Pope's personal representative in Canada) will become Apostolic Nuncio to France.