missionary
Spreads faith abroad
A missionary is a person sent to spread religious faith, typically in foreign lands.
Christian missionaries have historically combined evangelism with education and humanitarian work.
The term extends to anyone zealously promoting a cause: He approached veganism with missionary zeal.
Missionary position—face-to-face sex with one partner on top—supposedly reflects what missionaries taught as proper.
Zealous advocate or preacher
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- convertChange in form or faith
- baptizeAdmit through sacred rite
- gospelSacred choral tradition
preach · disciple · apostle · minister · sermon · doctrine · faith · salvation
One who performs sacraments
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- fatherMale parent
- reverendWorthy of veneration
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
friar · deacon · vicar · rector · curate · ordained · clerical · vestments
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- serviceAid or maintenance
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
hospital · clinic · school · charity · NGO · development · compassion · philanthropy
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- voyageJourney by sea
- remoteDistant or controller
frontier · jungle · posting · deployment · assignment · furlough · deputation · visa
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- civilizingMaking more refined
- paternalismControlling others for their good
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
conversion · indigenous · settlement · outpost · compound · station · linguistic · translation
Of physical desire
- intimateClosely personal or private
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
bedroom · conventional · vanilla · face-to-face · prone · supine
evangelist
Zealous advocate or preacher
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- convertChange in form or faith
- baptizeAdmit through sacred rite
gospel · preach · disciple · apostle · minister · sermon · doctrine · faith · salvation · redemption
priest
One who performs sacraments
chaplain · friar · deacon · vicar · rector · curate · ordained · clerical · vestments · cassock
aid
Support given freely
orphanage · hospital · clinic · school · charity · NGO · development · compassion · philanthropy · outreach
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- voyageJourney by sea
remote · frontier · jungle · posting · deployment · assignment · furlough · deputation · visa · passport
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- civilizingMaking more refined
- paternalismControlling others for their good
assimilation · conversion · indigenous · settlement · outpost · compound · station · linguistic · translation · anthropology
sexual
Of physical desire
- intimateClosely personal or private
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
lovemaking · bedroom · conventional · vanilla · face-to-face · prone · supine
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- traveling workersseasonal laborer, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, journeyman, roadie
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- American ProtestantismBaptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian
missionarytourist
Traveler visiting attractions
conquistador · mercenary · trader · merchant · profiteer
missionaryconvert
Change in form or faith
heathen · apostate · infidel · pagan · nonbeliever
missionarynative
Originating from a place
tribal elder · shaman · medicine man · traditionalist · resistance fighter
- missionary workReligious conversion efforts abroad
- missionary positionBasic sexual arrangement
- Christian missionariesReligious conversion advocates abroad
- missionary zealFervent drive to proselytize
- missionary schoolReligious outpost for education
- Catholic missionaryReligious converter sent abroad