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    mis·sion·ar·y
    /ˈmiSHəˌnerē/

    noun

    • 1. a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

    adjective

    • 1. relating to or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission: "missionary work"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › missionaryMissionary Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of MISSIONARY is a person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission. How to use missionary in a sentence. Did you know?

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › missionaryMISSIONARY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Missionary definition: a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work. See examples of MISSIONARY used in a sentence.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › missionaryMissionary - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A missionary is someone who travels to a foreign country to perform charitable work and, most commonly, to try to convert people to their faith. Missionary can be a noun — the person who goes on a mission — or an adjective — the type of work done on such a trip.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMISSIONARY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    MISSIONARY definition: 1. a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach their religion to the people who live…. Learn more.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › missionaryMissionary - definition of missionary by The Free Dictionary

    1. a person sent by a church into an area to carry on religious or humanitarian work. 2. a person who attempts to persuade or convert others. adj. 3. pertaining to religious missions. 4. characteristic of a missionary.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMISSIONARY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. countable noun. A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity. Synonyms: evangelist, preacher, apostle, converter More Synonyms of missionary. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Missionary is used to describe the activities of missionaries. You should be in missionary work.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MissionaryMissionary - Wikipedia

    A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development. [1] [2]

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishmissionary noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    a person who is sent to a foreign country to teach people about religion, especially Christianity. Baptist missionaries. missionary work. (figurative) She spoke about her new project with missionary zeal (= with great enthusiasm). He spent 15 years as a missionary in Africa. clergy sent as missionaries to Latin America.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMISSIONARY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    MISSIONARY definition: someone who travels to another country to teach people about the Christian religion. Learn more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › missionarymissionary | meaning of missionary in Longman Dictionary of ...

    missionary meaning, definition, what is missionary: someone who has been sent to a foreign c...: Learn more.