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pro-nuncio, n. R. C. Ch.|ˌprəʊˈnʌnʃɪəʊ, -sɪəʊ|
Also with capital initials and occas. as one word.
[ad. It. pro-nunzio: see pro-1 4 and nuncio n.]
A papal ambassador to a country which does not accord the Pope's ambassador automatic precedence over all other ambassadors.
1965Tablet 6 Nov. 1252/1 A new diplomatic post has been created by the Holy See—that of pro-nuncio... The new office of a pro-nuncio will allow the Holy See to send a diplomatic mission of ambassadorial rank to countries that do not accept the [1815] Congress of Vienna ruling. 1966Times 18 Feb. 10/3 The Pro-Nuncio was devised in October of last year specifically for the cases of Zambia and Kenya, which would not have wanted full Nuncios. 1971Month Mar. 67/1 Dr Simonis is rung up at his apartment..by the Pronuncio. 1982Sunday Times 17 Jan. 9/4 Our man at the Vatican, Sir Mark Heath, will become an ambassador; and the Vatican's man in London, Archbishop Bruno Heim, will be a pro-nuncio. 1986Tablet 21 June 663/2 In welcoming the pro-nuncio, the president..mentioned Jewish concern about the Carmelite convent at Auschwitz. |