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missionary

noun
/ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/US/ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/UK/ˈmɪʃᶦ.nə.ri/

Etymology

From mission + -ary.

  1. learned borrowing from missiō — “a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”
  2. suffixed as missionary — “mission + ary”

Definitions

  1. One who is sent on a mission.

    • Near-synonym: emissary

  2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in…

    A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).

    • A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.

  3. A religious messenger.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The missionary position for sexual intercourse.

      • My boyfriend only cums during missionary.

    2. Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

    3. Relating to a (religious) mission.

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Derived

antimissionary, missionaries and cannibals problem, missionarily, missionary bishop, missionarying, missionaryism, missionaryize, missionarylike, missionary-linguist, missionary linguist, missionary position, missionary rector, missionaryship, missionary zeal, nonmissionary, premissionary, unmissionary

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at missionary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01missionary02religious03religion04reality05fact06actual07acts08apostles09apostle

A definitional loop anchored at missionary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at missionary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA