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mis·sion·ar·y

Audio Help [mish-uh-ner-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ar·ies, adjective

–noun Also, mis·sion·er.

1.	a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.

2.	a person strongly in favor of a program, set of principles, etc., who attempts to persuade or convert others.

3.	a person who is sent on a mission.

–adjective

4.	pertaining to or connected with religious missions.

5.	engaged in such a mission, or devoted to work connected with missions.

6.	reflecting or prompted by the desire to persuade or convert others: the missionary efforts of political fanatics.

7.	characteristic of a missionary.

[Origin: 1635–45; < NL missiōnārius. See mission, -ary

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mis·sion·ar·y Audio Help (mĭsh'ə-něr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mis·sion·ar·ies

One who is sent on a mission, especially one sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country.
One who attempts to persuade or convert others to a particular program, doctrine, or set of principles; a propagandist.

adj.

Of or relating to missions or missionaries.
Engaged in the activities of a mission or missionary.
Tending to propagandize or use insistent persuasion: missionary fervor.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
missionary (n.)

1656, from mission (q.v.). Missionary position first attested 1969; allegedly so called because Christian missionaries forced it on "primitive" people to replace their more creative variations.

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missionary
adjective
1.	relating to or connected to a religious mission
noun
1.	someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
2.	someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈmissionary noun — plural ˈmissionaries

a person who is sent to teach and spread a particular religion

Arabic:	مُرْسَل، مُبَشِّر ديني
Chinese (Simplified):	传教士
Chinese (Traditional):	傳教士
Czech:	misionář
Danish:	missionær
Dutch:	zendeling, missionaris
Estonian:	misjonär
Finnish:	lähetyssaarnaaja
French:	missionnaire
German:	der, *die Missionar(in)
Greek:	ιεραπόστολος
Hungarian:	misszionárius
Icelandic:	trúboði
Indonesian:	misionaris
Italian:	missionario

Japanese:	宣教師
Latvian:	misionārs
Lithuanian:	misionierius
Norwegian:	misjonær
Polish:	misjonarz
Portuguese (Brazil):	missionário
Portuguese (Portugal):	missionário
Romanian:	misionar
Russian:	миссионер
Slovak:	misionár
Slovenian:	misijonar
Spanish:	misionero
Swedish:	missionär
Turkish:	misyoner

See also: mission

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Missionary

Mis"sion*ary\, n.; pl. Missionaries. [Cf. F. missionnaire. See Mission, n.] One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. --Swift.

Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Missionary

Mis"sion*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.

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