missioner
Religious outreach worker
A missioner is a missionary—someone sent to spread a religious faith or conduct humanitarian work, typically in foreign lands.
The term is more common in British English and in Catholic contexts: The missioner spent thirty years in rural Africa.
It emphasizes the person's role as one who has been sent on a mission rather than one who simply does missionary work.
Advocate one's beliefs
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- outreachProactive community assistance
- conversionAct of changing states
baptism · revival · sermon · testimony · tract · altar call · disciple · apostle
Strongly felt purpose
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- serviceAid or maintenance
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
devotion · zeal · purpose · vocation · perseverance · steadfastness · ordination · assignment
Ordained religious officials collectively
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- friarMendicant order member
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
Jesuit · Franciscan · Dominican · deacon · brother · sister · padre · chaplain
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
development · healthcare · education · orphanage · clinic · famine relief · disaster response · community development
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- cultural assimilationAdopting another group's norms
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- nativeOriginating from a place
expedition · exploration · outpost · settlement · translation · literacy · westernization · paternalism
proselytize
Advocate one's beliefs
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- outreachProactive community assistance
conversion · baptism · revival · sermon · testimony · tract · altar call · disciple · apostle · crusade
calling
Strongly felt purpose
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- serviceAid or maintenance
sacrifice · devotion · zeal · purpose · vocation · perseverance · steadfastness · ordination · assignment · posting
clergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
nun · Jesuit · Franciscan · Dominican · deacon · brother · sister · padre · chaplain · vicar
aid
Support given freely
humanitarian · development · healthcare · education · orphanage · clinic · famine relief · disaster response · community development · NGO
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- cultural assimilationAdopting another group's norms
- indigenousOriginating in a region
native · expedition · exploration · outpost · settlement · translation · literacy · westernization · paternalism · contact
- on a missionPursuing a specific objective
- mission accomplishedTask finished, goal met
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- rescue missionOperation to save someone
- secret missionConcealed assignment with secrecy
- space missionOrganized extraterrestrial expedition
mission, commission, permission, admission, submission, transmission, emission, omission, missionary