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mission
  1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
  2. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
  3. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  4. (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  5. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
  6. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
  7. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “John Rambo would regularly be sent on a mission in foreign lands because he was proving to be a constant irritation on American soil.”
      “A UN security mission sent in to assess the situation had to turn back because it was too dangerous.”
      “I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.”
missionary
  1. One who is sent on a mission.
  2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
  3. (pejorative) A religious messenger.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He spent the next seven years as a missionary to the Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.”
missioneering
  1. The religious work done by missionaries.
missionarying
missionization
  1. The religious work of a missionary.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Traditionally, powerful leading men might marry polygynously, although after missionization, monogamy became the norm.”
      “They were encountered by the Spanish in the mid-16th century and became the first group of Plains Indians subject to missionization.”
      “The rise of the Meccan system also coincided with the spread of the confessional religions, through immigration, missionization, conversion, and foreign interference.”
missionizer
  1. One who missionizes; a missionary.
missionality
  1. The quality of being missional.
missionar
  1. (obsolete) A missionary.
missioner
  1. A missionary.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But that there tenderfoot started off sidesaddle, like a missioner.”
      “The Bradford Diocesan missioner responsible for outreach said he was impressed.”
      “A missioner tries to give hope to the homeless and poor, seeking change in the world system in order to promote justice and peace in a world of pain.”
missionizations
  1. plural of missionization
missionizers
  1. plural of missionizer
missionaries
  1. plural of missionary
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Hawaiian alphabet was Romanized and first written by early missionaries.”
      “In the 1800s, missionaries brought cakes, Chinese brought chicken, and Norwegian whalers brought salmon marinated with onion and tomato.”
      “Baptist missionaries developed scripts based on Burmese for Pwo Karen and for other Karen languages.”
missionars
  1. plural of missionar
missioners
  1. plural of missioner
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He is at pains to stress that the roles he and wife fulfil are as city missioners, God's workers, not charity employees.”
      “They were able to persuade missioners to create settled missions, where there was a sufficiently stable population.”
      “The missioners also called to the elderly at Ocean View nursing home.”
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