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

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

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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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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 

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ˈmissionary nounplural 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

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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, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Missionary

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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