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I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.
Deborah Cox

Meaning of "missionary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISSIONARY

missionary  [ˈmɪʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISSIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Missionary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MISSIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

missionary

Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin missionem, meaning "act of sending" or mittere, meaning "to send". The word was used in light of its biblical usage; in the Latin translation of the Bible, Christ uses the word when sending the disciples to preach in his name. The term is most commonly used for Christian missions, but can be used for any creed or ideology.

Definition of missionary in the English dictionary

The first definition of missionary in the dictionary is a member of a religious mission. Other definition of missionary is of or relating to missionaries. Missionary is also resulting from a desire to convert people to one's own beliefs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISSIONARY


deflationary
dɪˈfleɪʃənərɪ
disinflationary
ˌdɪsɪnˈfleɪʃənərɪ
disquisitionary
ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃənərɪ
expeditionary
ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃənərɪ
geostationary
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsteɪʃənərɪ
inflationary
ɪnˈfleɪʃənərɪ
libationary
laɪˈbeɪʃənərɪ
nonstationary
ˌnɒnˈsteɪʃənərɪ
nutritionary
njuːˈtrɪʃənərɪ
petitionary
pəˈtɪʃənərɪ
probationary
prəˈbeɪʃənərɪ
reflationary
riːˈfleɪʃənərɪ
repetitionary
ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃənərɪ
seditionary
sɪˈdɪʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
suppositionary
ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃənərɪ
traditionary
trəˈdɪʃənərɪ
transitionary
trænˈzɪʃənərɪ
tuitionary
tjʊˈɪʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISSIONARY

missiology
mission
mission control
mission controller
mission creep
mission statement
missional
missionaries
missionarise
missionarize
missionary position
Missionary Ridge
missioner
missionisation
missioniser
missionization
missionize
missionizer
missis
missish

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISSIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
cautionary
confectionary
coronary
counter-revolutionary
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discretionary
evolutionary
exclusionary
expansionary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
precautionary
pulmonary
reactionary
reversionary
revisionary
revolutionary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of missionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISSIONARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «missionary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of missionary

Translation of «missionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISSIONARY

Find out the translation of missionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of missionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «missionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

传教士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misionero
570 millions of speakers

English

missionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिशनरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُبَشِّرٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

миссионер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

missionário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধর্মপ্রচারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

missionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mubaligh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Missionar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宣教師
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선교사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misionaris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người truyền giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதபோதகராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिशनरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

misyoner
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

missionario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misjonarz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

місіонер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

misionar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιεραποστόλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sendeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

missionär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misjonær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of missionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISSIONARY»

The term «missionary» is very widely used and occupies the 15.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISSIONARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «missionary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «missionary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about missionary

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10 QUOTES WITH «MISSIONARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word missionary.
1
Kate Adie
I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
2
Peter Akinola
We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.
3
Roland Allen
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.
4
Maya Angelou
My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.
5
Walter Bagehot
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
6
Jeff Bezos
I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
7
Craig Claiborne
He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.
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Deborah Cox
I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.
9
Jim Croce
I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.
10
Frank Crowninshield
For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISSIONARY»

Discover the use of missionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to missionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice
Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous and searing study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa -- and it is now available as a Signal deluxe paperback.
Christopher Hitchens, 2012
2
The Missionary: An Indian Tale
This Broadview Literary Texts edition also includes extensive primary source appendices that situate the novel in relation to Irish, Portuguese and Indian history, as well as to the literature of sensibility and travel writing.
Sydney Owenson, Julia M. Wright, 2002
3
The missionary movement in Christian history: studies in the ...
This book makes the full range of his thought available for the first time to scholars and students of world mission, theology, and church history.
Andrew Finlay Walls, 1996
4
Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods
Now in Paul the Missionary Schnabel condenses volume two of the set, drawing on his research to provide a manageable study for students of Paul as well as students and practitioners of Christian mission today.
Eckhard J. Schnabel, 2010
5
Missionary Methods: St. Paul's Or Ours?
Rolland Allen's classic offering of an old-new approach to mission work. Profoundly biblical, Allen's "methods" are drawn from a scrupulous examination of St. Paul's own principles for missionary work. (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.).
Roland Allen, 1962
6
Missionary Women: Gender, Professionalism, and the Victorian ...
The first comprehensive study of the role of gender in British Protestant missionary expansion into China and India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Rhonda Anne Semple, 2003
7
God's Missionary People: Rethinking the Purpose of the Local ...
A world-claiming theology of the church draws on ancient and modern thoughts. The author focuses on how the church can grow to become in reality ''God's missionary people.''
Charles E. Van Engen, 1991
8
The Missionary Herald
Vols. for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
‎1872
9
The Missionary Call: Find Your Place in God's Plan For the World
The Missionary Call explores the biblical, historical, and practical aspects of discerning and fulfilling God's call to serve as a missionary.
Michael Sills, 2008
10
Missionary Writing and Empire, 1800-1860
Anna Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnston argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between imperial and religious interests.
Anna Johnston, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISSIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term missionary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pastoring in a Missionary Key: Caring and Sending
Eugene Peterson once said: “Being a pastor, if called to it, is the best life there is.” And yet, it is often a difficult life for pastors. A challenge faced ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Oakland Missionary Baptist Church holds VBS
Join Camp Courageous Aug. 3 - 7 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, 205 CR 1718. Grab a Bible, put on some hiking ... «The Cherokeean Herald, Jul 15»
3
St. Miles Missionary Baptist Church Revival Aug. 5-7
St. Miles Missionary Baptist Church 120 East Main Hwy 90, Ames, Texas cordially invites you to our “2015 Revival” on August 5-7 at 7:00 pm. «Liberty Vindicator, Jul 15»
4
Huckabee Drums To His Own Beat at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist …
following his standing ovations at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa – headed to South Carolina to visit the Rock Hill Missionary Baptist ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
Trial for Korean-American Missionary Detained in China Begins This …
China will begin on July 28 the trial of a Korean-American missionary who was arrested last year over a non-profit school he ran near the ... «Christian Daily, Jul 15»
6
Lecturer hails Scots missionary in Zimbabwe appeal
Trained as a missionary, he was sent to South Africa in 1816. In 1825, he and his wife settled at Kuruman, among the Bechuana tribes living to ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
7
Williams' world: Former missionary finds a home
"While we were [in South Carolina], we were plodding along just fine and I heard a missionary speak at a local pastor gathering," said Williams. «Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Missionary TECH Team supports missionaries across the globe
The Missionary TECH Team, based in Longview, has helped more than 1,000 missionaries throughout the U.S. The group's work is not limited ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
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Missionary news: 3 LDS Missionaries Return, 8 Called to Serve
BURLEY • Elder Kole Cook has been called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Oregon Eugene ... «Twin Falls Times-News, Jul 15»
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20-year-old missionary serving in Costa Rica passes away, LDS …
A 20-year-old serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Costa Rica San Jose East Mission passed ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»

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