internuncio
Americannoun
plural
internunciosnoun
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an ambassador of the pope ranking immediately below a nuncio
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a messenger, agent, or go-between
Etymology
Origin of internuncio
1635–45; < Italian < Latin internūntius an intermediary. See inter-, nuncio
Example Sentences
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Archbishop Anthony Riberi, the apostolic internuncio to China, decided that the time had come to take off the gloves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Monaco-born Archbishop Anthony Riberi, 54, papal internuncio to China since 1946, was expelled for "espionage activities."
From Time Magazine Archive
Paolo Giobbe, 78, has been apostolic internuncio to The Netherlands since 1936, is known for his unspectacular but painstaking diplomacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Father Roach, still officiating as internuncio, found the dowager less and less impracticable, and at length a treaty was happily concluded.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The disputants had called in the Austrian internuncio, but all diplomacy was vain.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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