apostolic delegate

1. 1.

   (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it

   Broaderdelegate

   Roman Catholic

Questions about apostolic delegate

What does apostolic delegate mean?

apostolic delegate means "(Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it".

Is apostolic delegate a common word?

apostolic delegate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.