nuncio
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈnʌn.si.oʊ/
- Formal
:
nuncio
- In 1936, the dictator Jorge Ubico became the first Liberal to permit the appointment of a papal nuncio to Guatemala.
- Papal nuncio
- nuncio Monsignor
- Nuncio Beltrami
Examples
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The papal nuncio described the twenty-five-year-old king in a letter:
Academic text (1998) -
The diplomat met with the papal nuncio to discuss relations between the church and the country.
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By nature, however, the Nuncio was not a hermit.
Fiction book (2000) -
The nuncio violated the law that restricted religious ceremonies to the interior of church buildings.
Academic text (1994) -
The third cause of the rift between the nuncio and the prelate concerned the entry of numerous foreign clergy into the country.
Academic text (1994) -
After 1944, relations between the nuncios and the revolutionary leaders were not always cordial.
Academic text (1994) -
The nuncio's political savvy turned potential conflict into mutual gain for the church and PRI.
Academic text (1999) -
One might assume that the papal nuncio and the Guatemalan hierarchy experienced cordial relations and equally opposed the Revolution.
Academic text (1994) -
The former papal nuncio to Turkey, Msgr. Antonio Lucibello, had similarly argued that there was a mastermind behind Santoro's murder.
Academic text (2011) -
In 1929, he was appointed apostolic delegate to Malta, and the following year apostolic nuncio to Dublin, where he remained until his death, exercising great political influence.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
157
7.9
A person sent by a government or leader on a special mission to negotiate
94
6.6
A person sent by a government to talk and make agreements with another country
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9.9
An official sent by the Pope who acts as his ambassador to a foreign government
A person who represents the Pope to a country and has a lower position than the Pope's main representative
A person the Pope sends to represent the Vatican in a country with no official relations
An old word for a senior official who a country sends to represent it in another country
A government official sent on a special diplomatic mission with lower rank than an ambassador
A person who a government or organization sends to speak for it at official meetings
Compounds
- Formal
1
9.9
An official sent by the Pope who acts as his ambassador to a foreign government
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word nuncio comes from the Latin nuntius, meaning 'messenger', and you can see the same root in announce ('to tell'). So a nuncio is the Pope's official 'messenger' who acts like his ambassador to another country.