nuncio
pronunciation
How to pronounce nuncio in British English:
UK [ˈnʌnsiəʊ]
How to pronounce nuncio in American English:
US [ ˈnʌnsioʊ]
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- Noun:
- (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
Word Origin
- nuncio (n.)
- 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").
Example
- 1. Vatican envoys usually stay longer en poste than secular ones ( one nuncio was in dublin for 26 years ) .
- 2. Both letters were transmitted by the nuncio to rome , where lyonne , also alleging that the signatures were absolutely regular , insisted that the affair should be brought to an end .
- 3. She was not concerned with jews practising their own faith , and gave specific orders that these were not to come under the rule of the holy office-the inquision-which in response to the pleas of the papal nuncio , was established in seville in 1480 .
- 4. Archbishop tommaso caputo , apostolic nuncio to libya and malta , told the vatican-based fides news agency that in four years of traveling throughout libya : " I have come to believe that the libyan heart is nourished by the desire of peace and harmony . This is what we hope for the future . "