Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Formerly, the title of various diplomatic or ministerial officers; especially
- noun of the representatives of the see of Rome and other chief sees at Constantinople;
- noun of the papal representatives at the court of Charlemagne and his successors, until the title was given to an imperial officer, after which the former were called legates or nuncios.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
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- noun An
apocrisiarius .
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As the pope's apocrisiary, or nuncio, the deacon had been commissioned to haunt the imperial palace day and night, never to be absent from it for an hour, and to strain every nerve to induce the emperor to send help to Rome.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
hernesheir commented on the word apocrisiary
See apocrisiarius.
July 10, 2010