| 单词 | home missionary |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome missionary home missionary n. a Christian missionary working in his or her own country as opposed to abroad. ΚΠ 1809 P. Mitchell Presbyterian Lett. iii. 131 You have done every thing in your power to check the success of our home missionaries. 1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 1 232 I had occasion to accompany a home missionary into a few of the dens of London. 1889 Spectator 2 Nov. What may be called the home-missionary spirit. 1938 M. C. Boatright in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) i. iv. 96 A Presbyterian home missionary came to a cabin and engaged a woman in conversation. 1990 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Oct. 465/1 The relations between the women home missionaries and the male society they challenged. < as lemmas |
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