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Definition of missionary in English: missionarynounPlural missionaries ˈmɪʃ(ə)n(ə)riˈmɪʃəˌnɛri A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country. Example sentencesExamples - The missionaries established schools as a principal method of teaching and preaching.
- Hardly a week goes by without reports of aid workers or missionaries being killed.
- He spent the next seven years as a missionary to the Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
- Yet how many Christians today give even a tenth to support pastors, evangelists and missionaries?
- A short time later, European Catholic missionaries settled in Lebanon and began schools there.
- My parents are missionaries and have travelled the world since before I was born.
- During the seventeenth century, French Jesuit missionaries converted many of the Iroquois to Catholicism.
- The Roman Catholic church of Spain sent Jesuit missionaries to subdue and civilize the Paraguayan natives.
- The bulk of the missionaries who came to Zambia long ago came from Europe.
- The numbers of Mormon missionaries and converts will double in the next fifteen years.
- Christian missionaries came as well, drawn by the large numbers of prospective converts.
- He was born in India to parents who were missionaries for the Plymouth Brethren.
- Christianity, first introduced by missionaries, has largely replaced traditional Inuit religious practices.
- Christianity was introduced by missionaries in the nineteenth century.
- A number of the foremost pioneer missionaries to these islands also served in Australia.
- In 1924 the first Catholic missionaries arrived on the plateau.
- Entrepreneurs, church missionaries, and the British colonial government officers soon arrived thereafter.
- Nutrition in the area is poor but missionaries of the Sacred Heart have set up a school feeding scheme.
- Spanish colonizers and Franciscan missionaries had established themselves in New Mexico by 1598.
- American Protestant missionaries arrived in Korea in the nineteenth century.
Synonyms evangelist, apostle, proselytizer, preacher, televangelist, minister, priest campaigner, crusader, champion, converter, promoter, advocate, proponent
adjective ˈmɪʃ(ə)n(ə)riˈmɪʃəˌnɛri Relating to or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission. our taxi driver shared a sense of missionary zeal with us Example sentencesExamples - The rich white missionary agencies are making use of the country's poverty and social ills to further their ends.
- South Sea Islanders were very important in early Protestant missionary activity and most were accompanied by their wives.
- Christian missionary activity has taken place since 1797 and has had a great impact on the Tongan culture.
- Morals and good habits were also an important subject for charts and an integral part of missionary education.
- The general area is well worth visiting, having various historical sites that recall early missionary effort.
- Other conservative Republicans were dismayed by the president's missionary zeal.
- Liberalism is a missionary faith, and proselytising zeal is not normally conducive to sceptical inquiry.
- The European Christian Mission is celebrating one hundred years of missionary activity.
- Yes, the church has certainly had a vision like that and most missionary traditions have had those hopes.
- And to this day fluoridation is still pursued with missionary fervour.
- Why are Christians not more active in missionary endeavours?
- As a result of missionary influence, it has become customary for a woman to cover her hair with a scarf or hat.
- There is a direct connection between the presence of missionary zeal in members and their regular presence in worship.
- Perhaps that has been one of the greatest failings of missionary endeavours in Africa over the past 50 years!
- There is a kind of missionary fervor among those participating in the effort.
- Theorizing about biblical translation was often undertaken and emerged within the framework of missionary practice.
- What must it have been like in the heady days of Paul's missionary work there?
- For some there was religious missionary zeal in helping those who were less fortunate.
- The choice was left up to him and another Jesuit who had also been tapped for missionary work.
- So we can assume that he is not burning with missionary zeal to convert Iran to Christianity.
Synonyms evangelistic, evangelizing, missionary, crusading, propagandist, propagandizing, converting, proselytizing, televangelical
Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin missionarius, from Latin missio (see mission). Definition of missionary in US English: missionarynounˈmiSHəˌnerēˈmɪʃəˌnɛri A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country. Example sentencesExamples - The Roman Catholic church of Spain sent Jesuit missionaries to subdue and civilize the Paraguayan natives.
- A number of the foremost pioneer missionaries to these islands also served in Australia.
- Christian missionaries came as well, drawn by the large numbers of prospective converts.
- My parents are missionaries and have travelled the world since before I was born.
- During the seventeenth century, French Jesuit missionaries converted many of the Iroquois to Catholicism.
- In 1924 the first Catholic missionaries arrived on the plateau.
- He was born in India to parents who were missionaries for the Plymouth Brethren.
- A short time later, European Catholic missionaries settled in Lebanon and began schools there.
- American Protestant missionaries arrived in Korea in the nineteenth century.
- Hardly a week goes by without reports of aid workers or missionaries being killed.
- Nutrition in the area is poor but missionaries of the Sacred Heart have set up a school feeding scheme.
- Christianity, first introduced by missionaries, has largely replaced traditional Inuit religious practices.
- Entrepreneurs, church missionaries, and the British colonial government officers soon arrived thereafter.
- Christianity was introduced by missionaries in the nineteenth century.
- He spent the next seven years as a missionary to the Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
- Yet how many Christians today give even a tenth to support pastors, evangelists and missionaries?
- The bulk of the missionaries who came to Zambia long ago came from Europe.
- The numbers of Mormon missionaries and converts will double in the next fifteen years.
- The missionaries established schools as a principal method of teaching and preaching.
- Spanish colonizers and Franciscan missionaries had established themselves in New Mexico by 1598.
Synonyms evangelist, apostle, proselytizer, preacher, televangelist, minister, priest
adjectiveˈmiSHəˌnerēˈmɪʃəˌnɛri Relating to or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission. they have lost the missionary zeal they once had Example sentencesExamples - Why are Christians not more active in missionary endeavours?
- There is a direct connection between the presence of missionary zeal in members and their regular presence in worship.
- Yes, the church has certainly had a vision like that and most missionary traditions have had those hopes.
- Morals and good habits were also an important subject for charts and an integral part of missionary education.
- As a result of missionary influence, it has become customary for a woman to cover her hair with a scarf or hat.
- Perhaps that has been one of the greatest failings of missionary endeavours in Africa over the past 50 years!
- Other conservative Republicans were dismayed by the president's missionary zeal.
- Liberalism is a missionary faith, and proselytising zeal is not normally conducive to sceptical inquiry.
- South Sea Islanders were very important in early Protestant missionary activity and most were accompanied by their wives.
- Theorizing about biblical translation was often undertaken and emerged within the framework of missionary practice.
- And to this day fluoridation is still pursued with missionary fervour.
- The European Christian Mission is celebrating one hundred years of missionary activity.
- The choice was left up to him and another Jesuit who had also been tapped for missionary work.
- So we can assume that he is not burning with missionary zeal to convert Iran to Christianity.
- The rich white missionary agencies are making use of the country's poverty and social ills to further their ends.
- There is a kind of missionary fervor among those participating in the effort.
- Christian missionary activity has taken place since 1797 and has had a great impact on the Tongan culture.
- The general area is well worth visiting, having various historical sites that recall early missionary effort.
- What must it have been like in the heady days of Paul's missionary work there?
- For some there was religious missionary zeal in helping those who were less fortunate.
Synonyms evangelistic, evangelizing, missionary, crusading, propagandist, propagandizing, converting, proselytizing, televangelical
Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin missionarius, from Latin missio (see mission). |