Hypertext Webster Gateway: "missionaries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Missionary \Mis"sion*ary\, n.; pl. {Missionaries}. [Cf. F.
missionnaire. See {Mission}, n.]
One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to
propagate religion. --Swift.
{Missionary apostolic}, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by
commission from the pope.
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