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missionarynoun 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. missionerapostle, evangelist, proselytizer, soldierrevivalistfriar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religiousclergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverendchurchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe(slang), padreclergywoman, deaconess, priestessabbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyterabbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicarchaplain, confessor, sky pilothigh priest, high priestessfaithful, loyalistadvocate, backer, champion, supporterprotégé, scholar, studentideologist, ideologue(also idealogue), sectarianadmirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater(or idolator), worshipper(or worshiper), zealotacolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan(also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoatcoryphaeus, leaderlayman, layperson, secularlay reader, lector relating to missionaries or their workThe church organizes missionary trips to a variety of countries. evangelical(also evangelic)apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontificalchurchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiasticaldivine, holy, religious, sacramentalconventual, mendicant, monachal, monasticcaliphal, rabbinic(or rabbinical)clerical, clerkly, ministerial, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal lay, nonclerical, secular, temporal in 1625 |