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Nuncio

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nuncio
RC Church a diplomatic representative of the Holy See, ranking above an internuncio and esp having ambassadorial status
Nuncio 

a permanent diplomatic representative of the pope in states with which the papacy maintains official diplomatic relations.

The nuncio corresponds in diplomatic rank to an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. The institution of the permanent representation of a nuncio appeared in the first half of the 16th century. In most Catholic countries, nuncios represent the senior officials (doyens) of the diplomatic corps.
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But I don't know what to say, for I am ready to swear I left him shut up in the Casa del Nuncio at Toledo, and here another Don Quixote turns up, though a very different one from mine.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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