English Dictionary: missionaries | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Missionary \Mis"sion*ary\, n.; pl. {Missionaries}. [Cf. F. missionnaire. See {Mission}, n.] One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. --Swift. {Missionary apostolic}, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope. |