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missionariesnounpl. of missionary a person who is sent especially to a foreign country to do religious work (such as converting people to the religion or ministering to the sick)The missionaries sent to the island were ultimately unsuccessful in converting the native residents. missionersapostles, evangelists, proselytizers, soldiersrevivalistsfriars, mendicants, monastics, monks, oblates, religiousclergypersons, clericals, clerics, clerks, deacons, divines, dominies, ecclesiastics, ministers, preachers, priests, reverendschurchmen, clergymen, fathers, Holy Joes(slang), padresclergywomen, deaconesses, priestessesabbots, archbishops, archpriests, bishops, deans, diocesans, monsignors(or monsignori), popes, prelates, presbytersabbés, curates, curés, parsons, pastors, rectors, shepherds, vicarschaplains, confessors, sky pilotshigh priestesses, high priestsfaithfuls, loyalistsadvocates, backers, champions, supportersprotégés, scholars, studentsideologists, ideologues(also idealogues), sectariansadmirers, cultists, devotees, enthusiasts, fans, idolaters(or idolators), worshippers(or worshipers), zealotsacolytes, adherents, converts, disciples, epigones, followers, liege men, partisans(also partizans), pupils, votaries, votarists apostates, defectors, renegades, traitors, turncoatscoryphaei, leaderslaymen, laypeople, seculars(or secular)lay readers, lectors |