as in missioner
a person who is sent especially to a foreign country to do religious work (such as converting people to the religion or ministering to the sick)
The missionaries sent to the island were ultimately unsuccessful in converting the native residents.
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as in apostolic
relating to missionaries or their work
The church organizes missionary trips to a variety of countries.
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Recent Examples of missionary
Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Attempts to catalogue them involve missionaries, brands, and a passion project run by a handful of linguists.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
In 2014, Creel won an Olivier Award for his role as missionary Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, starring in the show’s first national tour and in London’s West End.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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The cat-and-mouse thriller follows two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who make the grave mistake of knocking on the door of a reclusive Englishman (Grant).
—Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Attempts to catalogue them involve missionaries, brands, and a passion project run by a handful of linguists.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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Creel won an Olivier Award in 2014 for his role as missionary Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, starring in the show’s first national tour and in London’s West End.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
In 2014, Creel won an Olivier Award for his role as missionary Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, starring in the show’s first national tour and in London’s West End.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.al, al, 1 Dec. 2020
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Pope Francis's stop in East Timor is part of his ongoing apostolic journey across four countries between Sept. 2 and Sept. 13.Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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National Syrian Army soldiers celebrate after opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took control of the Hama city center and surrounding villages on Dec. 6, 2024, in Hama, Syria.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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Still, for a long time, the main difficulty for soldiers who needed amputations was surviving long after the operation.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Widespread frustration over organized crime throughout the hemisphere, as well as social changes such as the spread of evangelical Christianity, mean that right-wing leaders may be favored to win upcoming elections in Chile in 2025 and Brazil and Colombia in 2026.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Until now, the only religious program offered at the school has been through the evangelical LifeWise program, which removes children from class for 55 minutes each week for Bible study and field trips to churches.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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After a violent campaign in which Buddhists killed a number of priests and destroyed churches, in 1909, locals built the church that Galipeau visited in Cizhong.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
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But over the summer of 2022, churches in the city started being shut down and priests detained.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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In instances like these, the best thing to do is follow the advice of a Zen monk named Paul Loomans and befriend what scares you, which Burkeman references in his book.Renée Onque, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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The book was written in response to the August 2008 assassination of Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati, also known as the Hindu Swami.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Missionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missionary. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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