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1. | A messenger between two parties. | |
2. | A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio. |
Noun | 1. | internuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio |
INTERNUNCIO. A minister of a second order, charged with the affairs of the court of Rome, where that court has no nuncio under that title.
Church of Rome, diplomat, diplomatist, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church