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nuncio

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Definition of nuncio

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 That same day the pontiff had met with apostolic nuncios and other papal representatives in the Vatican. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 June 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for nuncio

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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

Noun

Initially, diplomats assigned to the region sought to counter Bukele’s growing influence by sharply denouncing his anti-democratic impulses.

— Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Carney was known as a diplomat who not only spoke his mind, but was unafraid to challenge prevailing assumptions.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of diplomat

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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.

— Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.

— Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021

Definition of procurator

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In 2019, deputies arrived at a Denver-area STEM school while shooting was still going on inside, the local sheriff said at the time.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
On arrival, deputies located the teens, both males, at a fire station before they were taken to a hospital.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of deputy

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Iran is unlikely to give up the leverage offered by having proxies spread across the region, even if some of them have been degraded by Israel or lost a foothold thanks to regime change, as is the case in Syria.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
The Senator was talking about how the US has been in a proxy fight with Iran for decades now and the relationship has always been strained.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of proxy

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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

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