▪ I. † ˈinternunce1 Obs.
Also -nonce.
[a. F. internonce (16–17th c. in Hatz.–Darm.), ad. L. internuntius (-nuncius): see internuncius.]
= internuncio.
| 1647 Hammond Power of Keys iv. 100 He was call'd..Apostolus also, an intercessor or internunce betwixt them. 1661 Evelyn Fumifugium Misc. Writ. (1805) i. 217 The internunce and interpreter of prudence. 1686 Expos. Doctr. Ch. Eng. xxxiv, Complaint was made..first to the Internonce, then to his Holiness himself. [1847 Disraeli Tancred vi. xi, I shall make a representation to the Internonce at Stambool.] |
▪ II. † ˈinternunce2 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. internuntium medium, means: see prec.]
Medium of intercommunication.
| 1674 Evelyn Navig. & C. §19 Intelligence is convey'd by the Inter-nunce of Pidgeons trained up for the purpose. |