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mission station

mission station noun: a reserve or other tract of land administered by religious missionaries for the spiritual and material welfare of Aboriginal people.

Noun

mission station (plural mission stations)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A reserve or other tract of land administered by religious missionaries for the spiritual and material welfare of Aboriginal people.
    • Stockbridge lay in the direct route, and it was constantly feared that the French and Indians would be down from the north, and sweep the little mission station before them; but the tide divided, and passed to the east and west of us, the hostile not daring to encounter the friendly Indians.1854, Electa Fidelia Jones, Stockbridge, Past and Present, Or, Records of an Old Mission Station
    • We wanted to remain on the land and make our living however we could. But, no; the Board would not have that; we must live on the mission station.1934, Anna Morgan, “Under the Black Flag”, in Heiss & Minter, editor, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 29

Forms of mission station

pluralmission stations

Questions about mission station

What does mission station mean?
Mission station means a reserve or other tract of land administered by religious missionaries for the spiritual and material welfare of Aboriginal people.
What part of speech is mission station?
Mission station is a noun.
What is the plural of mission station?
The plural of mission station is mission stations.

Words near mission station in the dictionary

  1. Mission Ridge
  2. mission school
  3. mission schools
  4. mission statement
  5. mission statements
  6. mission station
  7. mission stations
  8. mission stiff
  9. mission stiffs
  10. Mission Viejo
  11. mission-critical

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