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missionary work

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missionary
noun[C]
uk /ˈmɪʃ.ən.ri/ us /ˈmɪʃ.er.i/
a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach their religion to the people who ...
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work
noun
uk /wɜːk/ us /wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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Examples of missionary work


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The officers observed the widely divergent consequences of missionarywork, often comparing them with the missions at home.
It was at the late age of 40 that he felt called to missionarywork.
The emphasis is on analysing the characteristics of the missionarywork, its difficulties and gains.
From the middle of the 1890s missionarywork was concentrated on education.
They aimed to conduct missionarywork with more regard to ecclesiastical order and what they regarded as the sacramental principles of the prayer book.
One important essay sets the tone by examining the two earlier histories and thereby showing how profoundly historical understandings of missionarywork have changed in the twentieth century.
I understand that missionarywork can sometimes cause offence.
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It is not correct, as has been implied, that all the people doing relief work and missionarywork remained.
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I cannot understand why they support missionarywork abroad but not, apparently, among the immigrants at home.
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What sort of missionarywork is being done among professional and other organisations?
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I do not know of any solution to this problem except the patient missionarywork of the schools.
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We have taken the lead in this missionarywork.
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But there is a great deal of missionarywork to be done there.
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I hope this is merely an indication of the great missionarywork we may be able to carry out.
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I am sure that if banks are to be provided for the agricultural community the missionarywork must be of a more effective character than hitherto.
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That has not been unknown in missionarywork in some parts of the world, but, as far as she is concerned, there was no such element in her activities.
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He became interested in personal evangelism and missionarywork, as well as the relatively new ecumenical movement.
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He is also known for his missionarywork, charitable endeavors and volunteerism.
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