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▪ I. † missioˈneer, n. Obs. [f. mission n. + -eer1.] One who gives a commission.
a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. 1641–52 (1880) III. ii. 140 That..such commissioners..had free libertie to..treate..accordinge instructions of theire missioneeres. ▪ II. † missioˈneer, v. Obs. [f. mission n. + -eer1. Cf. electioneer vb.] intr. To conduct a mission. Also missioˈneering vbl. n. (also attrib.).
1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 276 A Secular Priest..now Missioneering in Yorkshire. 1716Ibid. III. Diss. Drama 12 That insolent Popish Missioneering Calumny. Ibid. 26 Their common Fool's Errand of Missioneering. |