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Synonyms for missionary

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mish-uh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪʃ əˌnɛr i

Top 10 synonyms for missionary
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Définition of missionary

Origin :
  • 1650s, from missionary (adj.). Missionary position attested by 1963, said to have been coined by Kinsey (1948), who identified its origin in work done by Polish anthropologist BronisÅ‚aw Malinowski in Melanesia in the 1920s; allegedly from the term used by South Pacific peoples to describe what Christian missionaries promoted to replace their local variations. By late 1960s it became the general term for this type of sex, formerly also known as the English-American position.
  • noun person who aids, does religious work
Example sentences :
  • That is a Missionary; and the blacks are not Freedmen, as you suppose, but Cannibals.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • It is important that we keep the missionary motive on the right basis.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • Mr. Swartout was a missionary to the West Coast Indian tribes.
  • Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
  • What does that little chit, Fanny, want at a missionary meeting?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Landis doesn't know a good cake from a Fiji missionary pudding.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • The missionary approaches and beseeches him to regard the Golden Rule.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • Missionary, your rule is Indian rule,--good rule, missionary.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • But it was ten dollars, and not one cent, which he gave to the Missionary Fund.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • One of the most cheerful and courageous, because one of the most hopeful of workers, was Carey, the missionary.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • From this it may be deduced that missionary work has not been as thorough as might be hoped.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
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