Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nuncio

Nuncio , noun

[Italian nunzio, nuncio, from Latin nuncius, nuntius, messenger; perh. akin to novus new, English new, and thus, one who brings news. Compare Announce.]

1.
A messenger. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.