Apocrisiary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apocrisiary \Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry\, Apocrisiarius
  \Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us\, n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr.
     Gr. ? answer, fr. ? to answer; ? from + ? to separate.]
     (Eccl.)
     A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate
     at Constantinople.


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