Nunciature
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nunciature is a noun meaning The status or rank of a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church).
Meaning
The status or rank of a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church).
More Meanings
- The building and staff of a nuncio; the equivalent of an embassy for the Holy See.
- The term of service of a nuncio.
Example Sentences
His ecclesiastical appointments showed how rapidly he had made his way, how supple was his mind: first of all secretary to the nunciature at Lisbon; […].
Seeing as the meeting happened at the nunciature in Washington, it could only have happened with the approval and participation of the nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano.
The Warsaw nuncio was content to preach a spirit of peace, and was severely taken to task by the Polish press during the summer of 1920. This cast something of a shadow over the final period of his nunciature.
During the first winter of the war, a junior officer in the nunciature to Italy was summoned to the foreign ministry by the chef de cabinet of Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano to review some matter of ecclesiastical property.
Word Forms
- nunciatures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nuncioship, nuncio, internuncio, internuncius, cardinal nephew, monsignorhood.
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