Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A missionary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One sent on a mission; an envoy.
- noun A missionary.
- noun One engaged in holding special religious services at a chapel or other place appendant to and supported by a mother church or religious society; specifically, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a priest or member of a religious order devoted to the holding of missions. See
mission , n., 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See
mission , n., 6.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
missionary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
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Examples
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The acquaintance of Mrs Esselmont and the minister had commenced soon after the coming of Mr Hume -- then little more than a lad -- a "missioner" to Nethermuir.
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Jones lived in Venezuela from 1992 to 2000, working initially as a Maryknoll lay missioner and then as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Beyond the Media Hysteria on Hugo Ch�vez 2009
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He acknowledged their weren't but being a true missioner, he didn't hesitate at all to volunteer to be the first Legionnaire in Hawaii ;- In fact, many of them jumped at that chance...wonder why.
Being Appreciated by the Legionaries of Christ Esther 2009
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He acknowledged their weren't but being a true missioner, he didn't hesitate at all to volunteer to be the first Legionnaire in Hawaii ;- In fact, many of them jumped at that chance...wonder why.
Archive 2009-04-26 Esther 2009
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Jones lived in Venezuela from 1992 to 2000, working initially as a Maryknoll lay missioner and then as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Beyond the Media Hysteria on Hugo Ch�vez 2009
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According to the missioner, there are many Christians in the Irrawaddy delta.
Help Us Report on the Cyclone in Myanmar - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"The disease has been so long associated with illicit sexual activity that there's been an overpowering silence on the issue," admits the Rev. Ted Karpf, HIV/AIDS missioner for the Anglican Communion in southern Africa.
Time To Get Religion 2007
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DENPASAR, Indonesia UCAN -- An American-born Divine Word missioner who served for 56 years in Bali province, and who had been honored for his work in preserving Balinese culture, died at the age of 84 of natural causes on May 8.
Minnesota-Born Missionary Credited With Preserving Balinese Culture Dies At 84 2006
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The missioner we support in Oaxaca has not been able to leave her residence or church to carry out her prison ministry.
The Oaxaca Uprising 2006
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A missioner priest from our Church who works in that area gave the homily in my Church the Sunday before last.
The Oaxaca Uprising 2006
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