nuncio

noun

Definition of nuncionext
as in consul

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Recent Examples of nuncio The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States. — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025 The Dicastery for Bishops organizes such appointments, via the Vatican’s ambassador to the country—the nuncio. — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026 After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military. — Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024 Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims. — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuncio
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  1. consul
  2. diplomat
  3. deputy
  4. proxy
  5. legate
Noun
  • The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
    — Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
  • Pablo Neruda played a key role when he was appointed Chile’s special consul for Spanish immigration.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 June 2026
Definition of consul
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  • Oman recently delivered a proposal to the US and other allies on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a regional diplomat and a US source familiar with the matter.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of diplomat
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  • Travis Medema, chief deputy for the Oregon State Fire Marshall, said his office will use FireSat to plan escape routes and monitor fires.
    — Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • With the help of a family friend, a retired deputy sheriff, Robinson’s parents persuaded him to surrender to authorities, according to charging documents.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of deputy
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  • That is why the left and their activist proxies on the judiciary are resisting it so vigorously.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • At the time, AFTVnews reported that two of the apps served as residential proxy providers and were considered riskware, and that the other two had APK files that were flagged by virus-scanning tools.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of proxy
Noun
  • However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.
    — Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
Definition of legate

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