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Webster 1913 Edition
Apocrisiarius
{
Apˊo-cris′i-a-ry
, ‖Apˊo-crisˊi-a′ri-us
, }Noun.
[L.
apocrisiarius
, apocrisarius
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] answer, fr. [GREEK] to answer; [GREEK] from + [GREEK] to separate.] (Eccl.)
A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope’s nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
Definition 2024
apocrisiarius
apocrisiarius
English
Noun
apocrisiarius (plural apocrisiarii)
- (historical, ecclesiastical) A high diplomatic representative, approximately equivalent to a papal nuncio.
Translations
a high diplomatic ecclesiastical representative
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