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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nuncio
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
papal
▪ Eck, however, made his way to Rome and got himself appointed papal nuncio.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Eck, however, made his way to Rome and got himself appointed papal nuncio.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nuncio

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nuncio

papal envoy, 1520s, from older Italian nuncio (now nunzio), from Latin nuntius "messenger," from PIE root *neu- "to shout" (cognates: Greek neuo "to nod, beckon," Old Irish noid "make known").

Wiktionary
nuncio

n. ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organisation, accorded rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.

WordNet
nuncio

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

Wikipedia
Nuncio (horse)

Nuncio (Andover Hall) is a 5-year-old Standardbred racehorse owned and trained by Stefan "TZ" Melander at Åby-Farm, Enköping, Sweden.

Nuncio won the most prestigious harness race in Scandinavia, the Swedish Elitloppet, on the 29th day of May, 2016, carrying a 3 million Swedish kroner ($360.000) first prize purse. The combined earnings of the US-born stallion now exceeds 21.5 million.

Furthermore, Nuncio has won several other races, most prominent of which are Yonkers Trot (2014), International Sprinter Masters (2015) and the Swedish Breeders Crown (2015) not to mention, that he was a valiant runner-up at one of the greatest harness racing events in the world, the Hambletonian Stakes, in 2014.

Usage examples of "nuncio".

If you see the apostolic nuncio at Lucerne, ask him about me, and he will tell you what sort of a reputation I have in Europe.

Yet she was also the only hyper-capable friendly warship in Nuncio, which meant she was the only unit which could pursue the merchantship if her prize crew got into hyper-space.

Luis took charge of the shrine when Pope Thaddeus II appointed him his nuncio, and the Simonites maintained their headquarters at the roadhouse.

Vatican, suffer the little children to come unto me, and only when they left him half dead on the garbage heap in the public market did he get up out of the hammock waving the birds out of the way with his hands, appear in the hearing room waving away the cobwebs of mourning with the black armband and his eyes puffy from poor sleep, and then he gave orders for the nuncio to be placed on a life raft with provisions for three days and they cast him adrift on the lane that cruise ships took to Europe so that the whole world will know what happens to foreigners who lift their hands against the majesty of the nation, and the Pope will learn now and forever that he may be Pope in Rome with his ring on his finger sitting on his golden throne, but here I am what I am, God damn it, them and their shitty petticoats.

There is to be a consultation of the Corps Diplomatique to-morrow, under the presidency of the Nuncio, to settle joint action.

Istvan was dressed as a papist cleric, pretending to be on the staff of the Papal Nuncio to the Texian Republic.

I got a letter of introduction from Cardinal Albani for Onorati, the nuncio at Florence, and another letter from M.

The whole affair is under the responsibility of the admiral of the arsenal, who answers for the weather remaining fine, under penalty of his head, for the slightest contrary wind might capsize the ship and drown the Doge, with all the most serene noblemen, the ambassadors, and the Pope's nuncio, who is the sponsor of that burlesque wedding which the Venetians respect even to superstition.

Il Nuncio sarebbe diventato lette­ralmente gocce nell'oceano, in una diluizione così spropor­zionata da annientarne i poteri.

Requests for the issuance of ecclesiastical dispensations for multiple lines of consanguineal and affinal relationships between the prospective bride and groom had gone from Vienna to Rome by the fastest post possible, accompanied by letters from the nuncio.

Preferably, the nuncio and Dekan Golla suggested, in the convent of the Poor Clares.

As soon as he had received the character of deacon, Gregory was sent to reside at the Byzantine court, the nuncio or minister of the apostolic see.

Hannegan II, by Grace of God Mayor, Viceroy of Texarkana, Defender of the Faith, and Vaquero Supreme of the Plains, had, after finding Monsignor Marcus Apollo to be guilty of treason and espionage, caused the papal nuncio to he hanged, and then, while still alive to be cut down, drawn, quartered, and flayed, as an example to anyone else who might try to undermine the Mayors state.

Even without the benefit of senses sharpened by the Nuncio it was clear the atmosphere in the woods was charged with anticipation.

His nuncios, rogabant Nicephorum Imperatorem Graecorum, ut cum Othone Imperatore Romanorum amicitiam faceret, (Liutprand in Legatione, p.