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internuncio

American  
[in-ter-nuhn-shee-oh, -see-oh] / ˌɪn tərˈnʌn ʃiˌoʊ, -siˌoʊ /

noun

plural

internuncios

  1. a papal ambassador ranking next below a nuncio.

internuncio British  
/ ˌɪntəˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. an ambassador of the pope ranking immediately below a nuncio

  2. a messenger, agent, or go-between

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Etymology

Origin of internuncio

1635–45; < Italian < Latin internūntius an intermediary. See inter-, nuncio

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Father Roach, still officiating as internuncio, found the dowager less and less impracticable, and at length a treaty was happily concluded.

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The disputants had called in the Austrian internuncio, but all diplomacy was vain.

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In the spring of 1788, the Austrian internuncio declined any further attempt at mediation, and hostilities between Russia and Turkey were renewed.

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