nuncio
/ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/
nuncio noun: the ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
Noun
nuncio (plural nuncios)
- The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
- He was anxious to make an immediate and lasting peace with Spain; refused to receive a special embassy from the Hollanders; his ambassador at Paris was known to be on terms of intimacy with the Pope's Nuncio; […].a. 1868, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, A Popular History of Ireland […]
- His ecclesiastical appointments showed how rapidly he had made his way, how supple was his mind: first of all secretary to the nunciature at Lisbon; then created titular Bishop of Thebes, and entrusted with a delicate mission in Brazil; on his return appointed nuncio first at Brussels and next at...1896, Ernest A. Vizetelly, transl., Rome (The Three Cities), translation of Rome by Émile Zola
- Synonyms:
- nuntius
- One who bears a message; a messenger.
- [O]thers, held very good men, are at a dead ſtand, not knovving vvhat to doe or ſay; and are therefore called Seekers, looking for nevv Nuntio’s from Chriſt, to aſſoil theſe benighted queſtions, and to give nevv Orders for nevv Churches.1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. […], London: […] J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, […], →OCLC, page 18
- Altho at this distance you had no early Account or Particular of his Death; yet your Affection may cease to wonder that you had not some secret Sense or Intimation thereof by Dreams, thoughtful Whisperings, Mercurisms, Airy Nuncio’s, or sympathetical Insinuations, which many seem to have had at the...1672, Thomas Browne, A Letter to a Friend, § 2
- Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen.
Proper noun capitalized: Nuncio
Nuncio (plural Nuncios)
- A surname.
nuncio meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Tagalog
nuncio in Urdu
- پاپائے روم کا سفیر, پیغامبر, سفیر اسقف
nuncio in Bengali
- বিদেশে পোপের দূত, প্রতিনিধি
nuncio in Malayalam
- legate, (papal) ambassador, envoy
- മാർപ്പാപ്പായുടെ പ്രതിനിധി, പോപ്പി ദൂതൻ, പോപ്പി പ്രതിനിധി, സ്ഥാനപതി, സ്ഥാനാപതി, ദൂതൻ
nuncio in Tagalog
- title used for Catholic clerics
- nunsyo
More languagesFewer languages
- nuncio in Thai
- เอกอัครสมณทูต èek-àk-krá-sà-má-ná-tûut
Synonyms of nuncio
Forms of nuncio
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nuncios |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nuncios |
Origin of nuncio
From Spanish nuncio, from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).
Words formed from nuncio
- nuncioship
- nunciotist
Questions about nuncio
- What does nuncio mean?
- Nuncio means the ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
- What is nuncio in Urdu?
- Nuncio in Urdu is پاپائے روم کا سفیر, پیغامبر, سفیر اسقف. See Nuncio meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is nuncio?
- Nuncio can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nuncio?
- Nuncio is pronounced /ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/.
- What is the plural of nuncio?
- The plural of nuncio is nuncios.
Words near nuncio in the dictionary
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