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nuncio

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nun·ci·o  (nns-, nn-)
n. pl. nun·ci·os
A papal ambassador or representative.
[Italian, from Latin nntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots.]
nuncio
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pl -cios RC Church a papal ambassador [Latin nuntius messenger]
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Noun1.nuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal nuncio
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations
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But I don't know what to say, for I am ready to swear I left him shut up in the Casa del Nuncio at Toledo, and here another Don Quixote turns up, though a very different one from mine.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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