plural nuncios
: a papal legate of the highest rank permanently accredited to a civil government

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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016. Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024 His decision to appeal prompted Bruckner, who works as a ministry assistant at a Colorado nondenominational church, to ask Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, to review the court record. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 Nunn’s daughter, Krista Bruckner, wrote in February to the Vatican’s U.S. nuncio or ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 Ukraine has passed messages and lists of names to the papal nuncio in Kyiv, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, who forwards them via the Holy See to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for nuncio 

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Latin nuntius messenger, message

First Known Use

1512, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nuncio was in 1512

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“Nuncio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuncio. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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nuncio

noun
plural nuncios
: a papal representative to a civil government

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