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Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

A female messenger. [R.]

gé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.

Internuncio.

Anointed. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.

The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan.

Overflowing. [R.] Shenstone.

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. Wilkie.

Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Same as Hyracoidea.

Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.

Wrong or improper pronunciation.

proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.

Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunoin carpenter.

One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.

The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. [Obs.]

Announcing beforehand; presaging. [Obs.] Blount.