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单词 missioners
释义

missioner

noun

mis·​sion·​er ˈmi-sh(ə-)nər How to pronounce missioner (audio)
: missionary

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 June 2022 Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens. al, 1 Dec. 2020 After 15 years of doing mission promotion and spending time as a missioner in Tanzania East Africa, by special agreement with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles and the Archbishop of Hartford, Fr. courant.com, 23 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined above

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • missionaries
  • priests
  • bishops
  • monks
  • chaplains
  • apostles
  • soldiers
  • pastors
  • deacons
  • ministers
  • friars
  • preachers
  • clergymen
  • ecclesiastics
  • evangelists
  • religious
  • reverends
  • students
  • proselytizers
  • churchmen
  • rectors
  • mendicants
  • clerics
  • revivalists
  • clericals
  • oblates
  • prelates
  • divines
  • deaconesses
  • popes
  • archbishops
  • padres
  • monastics
  • priestesses
  • presbyters
  • abbots
  • parsons
  • diocesans
  • vicars
  • confessors
  • clergypersons
  • deans
  • clerks
  • clergywomen
  • fathers
  • shepherds
  • curés
  • abbés
  • curates
  • dominies
  • scholars
  • archpriests
  • advocates
  • loyalists
  • protégés
  • disciples
  • monsignors
  • supporters
  • Holy Joes
  • ideologists
  • adherents
  • sectarians
  • champions
  • devotees
  • faithfuls
  • monsignori
  • sky pilots
  • worshippers
  • pupils
  • cultists
  • high priests
  • fans
  • zealots
  • partizans
  • idolaters
  • high priestesses
  • enthusiasts
  • votaries
  • acolytes
  • followers
  • worshipers
  • ideologues
  • idealogues
  • idolators
  • admirers
  • backers
  • converts
  • epigones
  • partisans
  • votarists
  • liege men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • traitors
  • leaders
  • defectors
  • renegades
  • apostates
  • turncoats
  • laymen
  • laypeople
  • lectors
  • secular
  • seculars
  • lay readers
  • coryphaei
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