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nun⋅ci⋅a⋅ture

  [nuhn-shee-uh-cher, -choor, -see-, noon-]
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–noun
the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
Origin:
1645–55; < It nunziatura. See nuncio, -ate 3 , -ure
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nun·ci·a·ture   (nŭn'sē-ə-chŏŏr', -chər, nŏŏn'-)   
n.  The office or term of office of a nuncio.

[Italian nunciatura, from nuncio, nuncio; see nuncio.]
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