2. Verb. (third-person singular of mission) ¹
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Definition of Missions
1. mission [v] - See also: mission
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missions
Literary usage of Missions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Open secret: how to secure men and money for missions. ... Working for missions
in summer months. Practical work for Sunday-schools and missionary societies ..."
2. Christianity and the Nations by Robert E. Speer (1910)
"The supreme argument for foreign missions," says an earnest missionary advocate, "
is the word of Jesus Christ Himself." This is correct but for three words ..."
3. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1881)
"Early missions among the Indians..... Indian Doctor of Alaska Conversion of an
Indian missions among the Sioux Indian School at Carlisle 28 Indians at ..."
4. The Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1850)
"The ordinary operations of this mission include, as in other missions, preaching,
teaching, and preparation and distribution of books and tracts. ..."
5. The Missionary Outlook in the Light of the War by Committee on the War, the Religious Outlook (United States) (1920)
"And the history of foreign missions ever since has been a record of influences
... But we cannot intelligently discuss the way in which foreign missions has ..."
6. Notes on Missionary Subjects by Robert Needham Cust (1889)
"In some very few missions, as regards the life and health of the ... Distinct from
all other missions is the Pioneer-Mission, and the most misunderstood. ..."
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