ˌapəˌkriz(h)ēˈa(a)rēəs noun
also ap·o·cri·si·ary -ˈkriz(h)ēˌerē, -zhərē
( plural apocrisiar·ii -a(a)rēˌī, -rēˌē ; or apocrisiar·ies )
Etymology: Late Latin apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, from Late Greek apokrisis message (from Greek, answer, from apokrinesthai to answer — from apokrinein to separate, choose, from apo- + krinein to separate, distinguish, decide — + -sis ) + Latin -arius -ary — more at riddle (sieve)
: a plenipotentiary delegate formerly representing a power and residing at a foreign capital ; especially : a papal nuncio serving at the imperial court in Constantinople during the early centuries of the medieval era