missionary work

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• missionary work — noun the organized work of a religious missionary • Syn: ↑mission • Derivationally related forms: ↑missioner (for: ↑mission) • Hypernyms: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary

• Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity — (Missionary Servants) is a religious congregation of men in the Roman Catholic Church. Its membership is composed of ordained priests and brothers, who are full members of the community. Members engage in missionary work with the poor and… …   Wikipedia

• Missionary — For other uses, see Missionary (disambiguation). 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.[1][2]… …   Wikipedia

• Missionary (LDS Church) — Two missionaries The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (LDS Church) is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010.[1] Commonly referred to as… …   Wikipedia

• Missionary Society of St Thomas — The Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle is a Catholic missionary organization founded in 1968 in Kerala. It is the missionary of the Syro Malabar Church, for missionary work in less Christian areas in and outside India. It was founded by… …   Wikipedia

• Missionary Society of Saint Thomas — The Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle is a Catholic missionary organization founded in 1968 in Kerala. It is the missionary of the Syro Malabar Church, for missionary work in less Christian areas in and outside India. It was founded by… …   Wikipedia

• missionary — mis|sion|a|ry1 [ˈmıʃənəri US neri] n plural missionaries someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians missionary 2 missionary2 adj [only before noun] 1.) relating to the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Missionary discussion — In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, a missionary discussion is a lesson that missionaries of the church teach to interested non members and recent converts.Before the widespread use of Preach My Gospel , LDS missionaries used a… …   Wikipedia

• missionary — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign ▪ pioneer ▪ evangelical, medical ▪ Catholic, Protestant, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• missionary — [[t]mɪ̱ʃənri, neri[/t]] missionaries 1) N COUNT A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Missionary is used to describe the activities of missionaries. You should be in… …   English dictionary

• missionary — UK [ˈmɪʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈmɪʃ(ə)nˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms missionary : singular missionary plural missionaries someone who has been sent to a place by a religious organization to teach the people there about a particular religion a… …   English dictionary