nuncio

noun
🔊/ˈnʌnsiəʊ/
🔊/ˈnʌnsiəʊ/
(plural nuncios)
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  1. 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
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Italian, from Latin nuntius ‘messenger’.