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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The office or term of office of a nuncio.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office or term of service of a nuncio.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office of a nuncio.

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  • noun The status or rank of a nuncio.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian nunciatura, from nuncio, nuncio; see nuncio.]

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Latin nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, from nuncius, nuntius, messenger: compare French nonciature, Italian nunziatura.

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