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nunciature
CIDE DICTIONARY
nunciature, n. [L. nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, fr. nuncius, nuntius, messenger: cf. F. nonciature, It. nunziatura. See Nuncio.].
The office of a nuncio. Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nunciature, n. RC Ch. the office or tenure of a nuncio.
Etymology
It. nunziatura (as NUNCIO)
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