name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nuncio
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nuntius
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who bears a message; a messenger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: papal nuncio
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diplomat, diplomatist
History
Etymology
From Spanish nuncio, from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: նվիրակ (nvirak) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Bulgarian: нунций (nuncij) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Carpathian Rusyn: ну́нцій (núncij) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Czech: nuncius — title used for Catholic clerics
- Dutch: nuntius — title used for Catholic clerics
- Esperanto: nuncio — title used for Catholic clerics
- Finnish: nuntius — title used for Catholic clerics
- French: nonce — title used for Catholic clerics
- German: Nuntius — title used for Catholic clerics
- Greek: νούντσιος (noúntsios) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Italian: nunzio — title used for Catholic clerics
- Latin: nuntius — title used for Catholic clerics
- Polish: nuncjusz — title used for Catholic clerics
- Polish: nuncjusz apostolski — title used for Catholic clerics
- Portuguese: núncio — title used for Catholic clerics
- Romanian: nunțiu — title used for Catholic clerics
- Russian: ну́нций (núncij) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Serbo-Croatian: nuncij — title used for Catholic clerics
- Slovak: nuncius — title used for Catholic clerics
- Spanish: nuncio — title used for Catholic clerics
- Tagalog: nunsyo — title used for Catholic clerics
- Thai: เอกอัครสมณทูต (èek-àk-krá-sà-má-ná-tûut) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Ukrainian: ну́нцій (núncij) — title used for Catholic clerics
- Polish: nuncjusz apostolski — member of a Sejm of a Polish realm
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