‖ nuntius
(ˈnʌnʃ(ɪ)əs)
Pl. nuntii (-ʃɪaɪ).
[L.; cf. nuncius.]
A messenger; a member of the Polish diet; a papal nuncio.
| 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xii. §1 The imagination is an Agent or Nuntius. 1606 Marston Fawne i. ii, An excellent nuntius. 1713 Lond. Gaz. No. 5093/2 The Chamber of the Nuntii or Deputies, sat upon that Matter. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 288/1 The nuntii..were the deputies returned by the various districts of the palatinates. 1903 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 410 The papal nuntius presses every lever and turns every screw. |