missionarn.
/ˈmɪʃənə/, U.S. /ˈmɪʃənər/, Scottish English /ˈmɪʃənər/ Scottish. historical.
An itinerant (usually non-Presbyterian or dissenting) preacher; a member of an Independent church. Also attributive, esp. in missionar kirk.
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1828 J. Ruddiman Tales & Sketches 273 The Missionars were sae rife in this parish, and the eggs so scarce, for every wife was hauling them to these preachers.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xxv. 226 These Independents went commonly by the name of Missionars in all that district; a name arising apparently from the fact that they were the first in the neighbourhood to advocate the sending of missionaries to the heathen. The epithet was, however, always used with a considerable admixture of contempt... ‘Wha's preachin' at the missionar-kirk the morn?’
1960 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 589 The Congregational Church, widely known as the Missionar Kirk of Huntly, was built about 1852.
1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald v. 62 Another member of the Missionar Kirk who had gone off to China as a missionary in 1839.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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