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nuncio

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity
nun·ci·o /ˈnʌnsiəʊ $ -sioʊ/ noun (plural nuncios) [countable]  RRCa representative of the Pope in a foreign country 罗马教廷大使
Examples from the Corpus
nuncioEck, however, made his way to Rome and got himself appointed papal nuncio.
Origin nuncio (1500-1600) Early Italian, from Latin nuntius messenger
nun·ci·o nounChineseSyllable
a foreign the country Corpus representative of a in Pope


nuncio
nuncio /ˈnʌnsiəʊ $ -sioʊ/ noun (plural nuncios) [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Early Italian, from Latin nuntius 'messenger'
a representative of the Pope in a foreign country


nun·cioBrE /ˈnʌnsiəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnʌnsioʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
nun·cios
)
a representative of the Pope (= the leader of the Roman Catholic Church) in a foreign country 罗马教廷大使a papal nuncio教廷大使