(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:51:07

Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry (#), 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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