单词 | missionarize |
释义 | missionarizev. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > mission > conduct mission [verb (transitive)] mission1772 missionarize1830 missionize1875 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 717 The regulation of the Church—the conversion of the Jews—the missionarizing Kamschatka and Galway. 2. intransitive. To do missionary work. ΚΠ 1853 W. M. Thackeray Let. 13 Feb. (1946) III. 198 Every body must missionarize who feels strongly about the truth. 1859 All Year Round 10 Sept. 468/1 We conquer to trade, we missionarise to trade. 1897 Living Age Dec. 758/1 Every soul in the great parish knew that he was not working for himself, that he was not condescending nor missionarizing? 1987 Times 27 Mar. 11/3 We are forbidden to missionarize. We think it incredibly vulgar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1830 |
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