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missionary position

 
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–noun
a position for sexual intercourse in which the couple lies face to face with the male on top.
Origin:
1965–70; so called because it was allegedly favored by Christian missionaries working among indigenous peoples, in preference to positions in which the man approaches the woman from behind
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missionary position  
n.  A position for sexual intercourse in which a woman and man lie facing each other, with the woman on the bottom and the man on the top.

[From Christian missionaries' supposed advocacy of this position over other copulatory positions.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mis·sion·ary position
Pronunciation: 'mish-&-"ner-E-"
Function: noun
: a coital position in which the female lies on her backwith the male on top and with his face opposite hers
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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