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nuncio|ˈnʌnʃɪəʊ|
Also 6– nuntio.
[a. earlier It. nuncio, nuntio (now nunzio), = Sp. and Pg. nuncio:—L. nuncius, nuntius messenger.]
1. A permanent official representative of the Roman See at a foreign court.
α1528in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. ii. 103 His Holines morover sent to his Nuncio a Copie of a lettre sent from the Nuncio in Hungaria. 1577Harrison Descr. Eng. ii. in Holinshed I. 143 The pope understanding what he was by his Nuncio here in England. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. 63 A Nuncio differed from a Legate, almost as a Lieger from an extraordinary Ambassadour. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 858 The Pope had sent his Nuncios all over Europe. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. I. iv. 293 She now resolved to allow a nuncio from the pope publicly to enter her dominions. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. iii. (1876) I. 115 The nuncio received a message at Brussels, that he must not enter the kingdom. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. ix. 155 Contributions for the maintenance of cardinals, foreign bishops, and nuncios.
β1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 169/1 Two friers, whose gownes were too long for them to follow the earle and the popes nuntio. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 81 The Inquisitors of Religion..: namely the Popes Nuntio, and the Patriarke. a1648Ld. Herbert Autobiog. (1886) 236 The Pope's nuntio, the Emperor's ambassador,..and others. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 57 In dangerous practices with the Pope's Nuntio. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) III. 216 In the service of cardinal Dada, the pope's nuntio. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 139 Leo sent to the court, as nuntio for religious matters, Girolamo Aleandri, prefect of the Vatican library.
2. One who bears a message; a messenger.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. iv. 28 She will attend it better in thy youth, Then in a Nuntio's of more graue aspect. 164410th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. IV. 70 Having so opportune a nuncio I could not let pass without presenting a few lines unto you. 1710Pol. Ballads (1860) II. 95 The godly Lay-Five..By me their sure nuncio do send you this greeting.
fig.1617Wither Fidelia, Juvenilia (1633) 447, I had not now been forced to have sent Those lines for Nuncios of my discontent. 1672Sir T. Browne Let. Friend §2 Some secret sense or intimation by dreams,..airy nuncios [etc.]. 1777Brand Pop. Antiq. 92 Swallows..were honoured antiently as the Nuncios of the Spring.
3. Hist. A member of the Polish diet.
1684Scanderbeg Redivivus ii. 22 Now this distinct Body of Nuntio's..is a Ballance to the Senators. 1753Scots Mag. Jan. 3/1 The nuncios of a general diet of Poland were chosen in August last. 1773Ann. Reg. 39 Fifty of the Nuncios still opposing it to fifty-two who voted for it. 1831Sir J. Sinclair Corr. II. 293 About two-thirds of the Nuncios wore the Polish dress. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. 482 All the nuncios rose as one man, and shouted, ‘To the ramparts!’
Hence † ˈnuncioship, † ˈnunciotist.
1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 51 For that the Church-men which are in those parts are under the same Nuntioship. 1673Conf. betw. Protestants & Papist 25 Many Nunciotist Provincials of Regular Orders, and Abbots also. |