missionizer

noun

Definition of missionizernext
as in missionary

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  1. missionary
  2. chaplain
  3. missioner
  4. revivalist
  5. evangelist
  6. monk
  7. pastor
  8. high priest
Noun
  • For each historical period of U.S. Native school policy—missionaries, boarding schools, public schools—there are powerful examples of Native people who challenged harmful practices in education.
    TIME, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Jar Jar Binks Actor Reflects on Backlash to Phantom Menace: 'My Career Began and Ended' with Star Wars (Exclusive) Mr. Reed, Grant’s character in Heretic, appears to be harmless at first, welcoming two missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints into his home.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of missionary
Noun
  • While the majority of chaplains are Christian, the program includes individuals of Jewish and Muslim faiths.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, Texas allowed public schools to hire uncertified religious chaplains as counselors, and the legislature has pushed to require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of chaplain
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of missioner
Noun
  • The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Most producers settle in and stop evolving at some point, developing a recognizable sound, but Jones was never one to get stuck in the past and dismissed as a revivalist, which helps explain why he was involved with Number One singles in three different decades.
    Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of revivalist
Noun
  • In the 1980s, the Pentecostal televangelist Jimmy Swaggart used his personal column in his ministry’s magazine to endorse evangelist Pat Robertson’s campaign for president.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Garfield and Chastain dove into their research to portray the evangelist couple.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of evangelist
Noun
  • That much is clear inside the company’s headquarters in Leuven, a town where monks first began brewing beer more than 600 years ago, fermenting hops with water from the polluted river running through town in the belief that the drink made the fish from the water safer to eat.
    BYVivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Artists in China depicted Cloth Bag as a plump, laughing monk often surrounded by children or animals.
    Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2024
Definition of monk
Noun
  • And not too long after that, the pastor said, a donor — a member of a Detroit family with a family foundation that seeks be anonymous — came to the church and offered a substantial amount, millions of dollars, to get the project started.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The pastors and elders were not having it, but youth organizations loved us and embraced us.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of pastor
Noun
  • Suddenly, Jackson’s career was kicked into the stratosphere, and Jones was regarded as the high priest of pop music.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Four years later, when their acting high priest left, Book was angered to be pressured into taking on his responsibilities without the ability to take on the title of High Priest.
    Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of high priest
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