(Latin: in, in; via, way)
A diplomatic agent of the second rank; anyone sent on a mission; a person deputed by a ruler or government to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business with a foreign ruler or government. Papal envoys are those sent to another ruler by the pope.
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