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apocrisiary|æpəʊˈkrɪzɪərɪ|
Also aˈpocrisary.
[ad. med.L. apocrisiārius delegate, deputy, f. Gr. ἀπόκρισι-ς answer: see -ary.]
A person appointed to give and receive answers; spec. a papal nuncio, or secretary.
1432–50tr. Higden Rolls Ser. VI. 337 Pope Nichol..sente Arsenius his apocrisary. 1610Carleton Jurisdict. 131 The Pall was offered you by our Apocrisiaries, (that is Chaplanes). 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 109 Afterwards, they sent those who were to reside at Court, and to manage all Affairs which might come before them. Their Names were Apocrisiaries. 1744Lewis Bp. Pecock 124 The Pall was tendered to him by his [Paschal's] apocrisaries. |