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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUN'CIO, n. [L., a messenger.]
1. An embassador from the pope to some catholic prince or state, or who attends some congress or assembly as the pope's representative.
2. A messsenger; one who brings intelligence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status [syn: nuncio, papal nuncio]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cios) Etymology: Italian, from Latin nuntius messenger, message Date: 1528 a papal legate of the highest rank permanently accredited to a civil government

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) RC Ch. a papal ambassador. Etymology: It. f. L nuntius messenger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nuncio Nun"ci*o, n.; pl. Nuncios. [It. nunzio, nuncio, fr. L. nuncius, nuntius, messenger; perh. akin to novus new, E. new, and thus, one who brings news. Cf. Announce.] 1. A messenger. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nuncios) In the Roman Catholic church, a nuncio is an official who represents the Pope in a foreign country. ...the papal nuncio. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Messenger, intelligencer. 2. Ambassador (of the Pope), legate.

Moby Thesaurus

Hermes, Iris, Mercury, Paul Revere, Pheidippides, ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate, attache, career diplomat, carrier, chancellor, charge, commercial attache, commissionaire, consul, consul general, consular agent, courier, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatic agent, diplomatic courier, diplomatist, emissary, envoy, envoy extraordinary, estafette, express, foreign service officer, go-between, internuncio, legate, message-bearer, messenger, military attache, minister, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, plenipotentiary, post, postboy, postrider, resident, runner, secretary of legation, vice-consul, vice-legate