nunciatureEtymologyFrom Latin nūnciāre, nūntiāre (“to announce, report”), from nūncius, nūntius (“messenger”). Compare French nonciature, Italian nunziatura.nounThe status or rank of a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church).“Does their role include the bringing of the message of Christ in the political life of the country to which they are ambassadors? A clarification of the role of nunciature is necessary to maintain this "appropriate communication."”The building and staff of a nuncio; the equivalent of an embassy for the Holy See.“This was the prelate chosen by the new Pope, Innocent X., for the nunciature in Ireland: a man of noble birth, in the fifty-third year of his age, of uncertain bodily health, of great learning, especially as a canonist, of a fiery Italian temperament[…”The term of service of a nuncio.“At the same time he had certainly searched documents, studied encyclical letters, based his sketch upon facts: first Leo's religious education at Rome, then his brief nunciature at Brussels, and afterwards his long episcopate at Perugia.”