missioners

noun

plural of missioner
as in missionaries
a person who is sent especially to a foreign country to do religious work (such as converting people to the religion or ministering to the sick) The church has a program in which volunteers spend one year abroad as missioners.

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Recent Examples of missioners In 1976, the residence was redesigned as a retirement home for church missioners. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
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  1. missionaries
  2. priests
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  • That historic exodus helped turn the Republic of Korea, as South Korea is formally known, into a stronghold of the Christian faith and one of the world’s biggest exporters of missionaries.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • His parents, Cynthia and Warren Bonta, were missionaries and social justice activists who were drawn to the state’s signature civil rights struggle of that era.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of missionaries
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  • There haven’t been any female popes, cardinals, archbishops or priests.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • So it was left to her to become one of the 15% of Shinto priests who are female.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of priests

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“Missioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missioners. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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