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English

Noun

internuncio (plural internuncios)

1. A diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
2. A messenger or go-between

English

Etymology

Latin n?ntius (“envoy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n?i?o?/

Noun

nuncio (plural nuncios)

1. (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.
2. (by extension) One who bears a message; a messenger.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• nuncioship
• nunciotist

Related terms

• internuncio
• nunciature
• Pro-nuncio (defunct since 1991)

Translations

References

• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.), volume VI (L–N), part ii (M–N, 1908), § 2 (N, ed. William Alexander Craigie), page 263 s.v. “Nuncio”

Further reading

• nuncio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• uncoin

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nu?n.ki.o?/, [?nu??kio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nun.t??i.o/, [?nun??t??i?]

Noun

n?nci? m

1. dative singular of n?ncius
2. ablative singular of n?ncius

References

• nuncio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin n?ntius.

Noun

nuncio m (plural nuncios)

1. messenger
2. (Catholicism) nuncio