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
Kate Aurthur, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
The event bears the influences of European missionaries, Chinese government policies, and cultural and economic interplay between villagers and outsiders.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Sep. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Attendees will be given a choice between two theaters, which reflects the one in the film offered by Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant) to the Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are unlucky enough to arrive at his doorstep.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
The event bears the influences of European missionaries, Chinese government policies, and cultural and economic interplay between villagers and outsiders.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
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The White House announced Thursday that Nicaragua has agreed to release 135 political prisoners, including 13 affiliated with an Austin-area evangelical missionary church, in a deal brokered by the U.S. government.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Sep. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for missionary
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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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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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Now the soldiers and horses have been rehearsing for months, with bands playing and cannons firing, to prepare them for the pomp and circumstance of a president’s funeral, said Maj. Wes Strickland, a spokesman for the Old Guard.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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When the soldiers, instead of rising up, jeered at him, Mishima killed himself in the classic samurai fashion: performing hara-kiri, or seppuku (as the Japanese more commonly call it), by plunging a sword into his abdomen before a uniformed disciple sliced his head off.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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The resignation came after The News asked Adams’ office late Thursday for comment about the fact that Bernard, who leads the city’s largest evangelical church, maintains a residency on Long Island.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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From the June 2022 issue: How politics poisoned the evangelical Church Pretty straightforward, and a head-on challenge to the world.James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Despite the fall, Francis held five meetings on Thursday according to the Vatican, including with Alvaro Lario, the President of the International Fund of Agricultural Development, and priests from an Argentine college based in Rome.Christopher Lamb, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Visitation for a retired priest of the Chicago Archdiocese who died last week will take place at Kurtz Memorial Chapel on Friday, according to the archdiocese.Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Fire, as the title suggests, provides a central motif of the book and a parable about the precariousness of existence: While the monks struggle to keep the flame of passion alive within, wildfires from without threaten to engulf them and destroy everything.Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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The most famous ones don’t even exist, since they are studiously destroyed as soon as the monks finish making them from sand.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Missionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missionary. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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