missionary : Idioms & Phrases
Missionary apostolic
- a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.
Webster 1913
missionary position
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noun a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples
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missionary post
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noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
foreign mission; mission; missionary post.
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missionary station
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noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
foreign mission; mission; missionary post.
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missionary work
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noun the organized work of a religious missionary
mission.
