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missionarying

noun

Etymology

From missionary + -ing.

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

Definitions

  1. The religious work of a missionary.

    • In her wildest dreams of missionarying, the former Miss Zuercher had never looked forward to anything quite like her new home. The doctor's autobiography contains a detailed description of the early Dodge City.

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