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mission stations

mission stations is the plural of mission station.

Meaning of mission station

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

Questions about mission stations

What is mission stations the plural of?
Mission stations is the plural of mission station.

Words near mission stations in the dictionary

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

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