nuncio
[ nuhn-shee-oh, -see-oh, noo n- ]
/ ˈnʌn ʃiˌoʊ, -siˌoʊ, ˈnʊn- /
noun, plural nun·ci·os.
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
RELATED WORDS
pontiff, diplomat, emissary, delegate, representative, minister, ambassador, deputy, envoy, agent, pontifical, see, legate, popery, vicegerent, papacy, vatican, vicar, medium, bearer
Nearby words
nunc, nunc dimittis, nunchaku, nuncheon, nunciature, nuncio, nuncle, nuncupative, nuncupative will, nuneaton, nunhood
Compare apostolic delegate.
Origin of nuncio
1520–30; < Italian nuncio, nunzio < Latin nūncius, nūntius messenger
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nuncio
/ (ˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ, -sɪ-) /
noun plural -cios
RC Church a diplomatic representative of the Holy See, ranking above an internuncio and esp having ambassadorial status
Word Origin for nuncio
C16: via Italian from Latin nuntius messenger
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Word Origin and History for nuncio
nuncio
papal envoy, 1520s, from older Italian nuncio (now nunzio), from Latin nuntius "messenger," from PIE root *neu- "to shout" (cf. Greek neuo "to nod, beckon," Old Irish noid "make known").
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