missionary
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈmɪʃəˌnɛri/
:
misionero
- In fact, the majority of Basel missionaries hailed from this part of Germany.
- Christian missionaries
- foreign missionaries
- American missionaries
They all they all became missionaries after that day.
- They all they all became missionaries after that day.
- I bought my first Armani suit as a Mormon missionary on a bike.
- I, I ended up going to Speakers Corner to help Doctor J Smith, who I know is a missionary and an evangelist at Speakers Corner.
- The missionary, the missionary who is bringing that.
- I was rescued by missionaries and they said.
- So my parents were and still our missionaries to the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
- So missionary saved you from South Korea.
- I have this YouTube channel because I am not a missionary, OK?
- Yeah, I drink some tea and worked out and had missionaries.
Examples
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The whites first appear as missionaries and little by little make inroads.
Academic text (1999) -
If you leave your name, they'll send missionaries to teach you the Gospel.
Fiction book (1997) -
Why is there a missionary here?
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When I was a kid, my dad was a missionary.
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The missionaries came through and taught him a spot of English.
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I have not forgotten the English the missionaries taught me many years ago.
Fiction book (1997) -
So my parents were and still our missionaries to the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
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More than 300 years ago, French missionaries were sent to Indochina to teach love of God and love of fellow man.
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The missionary traveled to remote villages to teach the local community about their faith.
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After spending years abroad, the missionary shared stories of hope and charity from his experiences.
Synonyms
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6.7
A person who tells people about the Christian faith and asks them to join
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8.1
An early Christian teacher chosen by Jesus, often one of the twelve, or a Christian missionary
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8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
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5.9
A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs
A person sent by a church to help and teach people in another country
A person who tries to persuade others to follow a religion
A person who reads and explains the Christian message from the Bible in church
Compounds
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3.9
Planned activities by religious people to share their faith and help communities
A place in another country where religious workers live and help with education and health
A place in another country where church workers live to teach and help local people
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Etymology
The word missionary comes from the Latin root mittere 'to send' and is the same root as mission, which means 'a sending'. So a missionary is literally a 'sent' person who goes out to share their faith and help others, which is the modern meaning of the noun.