• IPA: /ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/

nuncio (plural nuncios)

1. (Roman Catholicism) The ecclesiastic title#Noun|title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accord#Verb|accorded a rank#Noun|rank equivalent#Adjective|equivalent to an accredited#Adjective|accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privilege#Noun|privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
2. (by extension) One who bear#Verb|bears a message#Noun|message; a messenger.
   • 1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. […], London: Printed by J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, […], OCLC 560031272 ↗; The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (Force’s Collection of Historical Tracts; vol. III, no. 8), 5th edition, reprinted at Boston in N. England: For Daniel Henchman, […]; [Washington, D.C.: W. Q. Force], 1713 (1844 printing), OCLC 800593321 ↗, page 16 ↗:

     [O]thers, held very good men, are at a dead stand, not knowing what to do or say; and are therefore called Seekers, looking for new Nuntio's from Christ, to assoil these benighted questions, and to give new Orders for new Churches.

3. (historical) Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen.

• internuncio
• nunciature
• Pro-nuncio (defunct since 1991)

• French: nonce
• Portuguese: núncio
• Russian: ну́нций
• Spanish: nuncio

1. Surname