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Definition of Missionary post
1. Noun. An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work.
Generic synonyms: Ngo, Nongovernmental Organization
Derivative terms: Missioner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missionary Post
Literary usage of Missionary post
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Missionary Herald (1851)
"Mosul as a missionary post. Mr. Marsh next spreads before us the field ...
I am more and more convinced of the importance of Mosul as a missionary post. ..."
2. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1908)
"... of hers was to get the missionary post cards (hand-colored in Japan) used for
the postal card business of the school, the birthday greetings, ..."
3. The Home Missionaryby American Home Missionary Society, Congregational Home Missionary Society by American Home Missionary Society, Congregational Home Missionary Society (1852)
"Postage of the Home Missionary. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, \ APPOINTMENT OFFICE,
May 4, 1850. SIR,—According to a recent decision of the Post Master General, ..."
4. The Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1852)
"Little, besides the chilling death-damps of a deserted missionary post, has
hitherto gone forth from this place ; and those have seemed to herald the ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Л particular field of missionary activity; a missionary post or station, or the
body of missionaries established there; a center of organized missionary ..."
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