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.
||Nun"ci*us (?), n.; pl. Nuncii (#). [L.] (Roman & Old Eng. Law) (a) A
||messenger. (b) The information communicated.
Nun"cu*pate (?), v. t. [L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate,
prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.] 1. To declare publicly or
solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.]
In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it ?
Barrow.
2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book.
[Obs.] Evelyn.