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▪ I. nunciate, n.1|ˈnʌnʃ(ɪ)eɪt|
[Irreg. f. L. nuncius or nunciāre, perh. after legate.]
One who or that which announces; a messenger, nuntius.
1596W. Smith Chloris (1877) 4 Vouchsafe to reade these lines.., Nuntiates of wo with sorrow being clad. 1762Hoole Tasso xi. viii, All the nunciates of th' ethereal reign, Who testified the glorious death to man. 1851C. L. Smith tr. Tasso i. lxix, Do thou, my nunciate,..Dispose him in my name to what imparts vantage to us and him.
▪ II. ˈnunciate, n.2
[ad. It. nunziato, † nuntiato: see nuncio and -ate1 a.]
Nunciature.
1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2273 Carlo Borromeo..established a nunciate in Switzerland.
▪ III. † ˈnunciate, v. Obs. rare—1.
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1708Brit. Apollo No. 7. 3/1 This Court had resolv'd to send thither Monsieur Aldobrandin without being Nunciated, or having a Brief for Nuncio. |