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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Missionaries

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[Cf. F.

missionnaire

. See

One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion.

Swift.

Missionary apostolic

a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.

Adj.

Of or pertaining to missions;

as, a

missionary

meeting; a

missionary

fund.

Noun.

One sent to propagate religion. Christian missionaries are called missionaries of the cross.

Adj.

Pertaining to mission; as a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.