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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
nun·ci·o       [nuhn-shee-oh, -see-oh, noon-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ci·os.
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.

[Origin: 1520–30; < It nuncio, nunzio < L nūncius, nūntius messenger]
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nun·ci·o       (nŭn'sē-ō', nŏŏn'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. nun·ci·os
A papal ambassador or representative.


[Italian, from Latin nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nuncio 
papal envoy, 1528, from It. nuncio (now nunzio), from L. nuntius "messenger," from PIE base *neu- "to shout" (cf. Gk. neuo "to nod, beckon," O.Ir. noid "make known").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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nuncio

noun
(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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