Definition of "internuncio" []

• A Vatican diplomatic envoy or representative ranking just beneath a nuncio. (noun)
• A messenger or an agent; a go-between. (noun)

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• "God himself, or by some one of his deputies or ambassadors as a kind of internuncio to the covenant."
• "He was promptly reported to the papal internuncio, whose response, he says with a laugh, was: “This young priest talks nonsense!”"
• "November, 1873, and, as a result, the papal internuncio was expelled from Switzerland in January, 1874."