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Webster 1913 Edition


Missionary

Mis′sion-ary

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Missionaries
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
missionnaire
. See
Mission
,
n
.]
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.

Mis′sion-a-ry

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to missions;
as, a
missionary
meeting; a
missionary
fund.

Webster 1828 Edition


Missionary

MIS'SIONARY

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

MIS'SIONARY

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

Definition 2024


missionary

missionary

English

Noun

missionary (plural missionaries)

  1. One who is sent on a mission.
  2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
    A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
  3. (pejorative) A religious messenger.
  4. (uncountable) A common position for undertaking sexual intercourse.

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