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missionarying

missionarying noun: the religious work of a missionary.

Noun

missionarying (uncountable)

  1. The religious work of a missionary.
    • In her wildest dreams of missionarying, the former Miss Zuercher had never looked forward to anything quite like her new home. The doctor's autobiography contains a detailed description of the early Dodge City.1950, Robert Lewis Taylor, The Running Pianist, page 212

Origin of missionarying

From missionary + -ing.

Questions about missionarying

What does missionarying mean?
Missionarying means the religious work of a missionary.
What part of speech is missionarying?
Missionarying is a noun.

Words near missionarying in the dictionary

  1. missionary rectors
  2. Missionary Ridge
  3. missionary zeal
  4. missionary-linguist
  5. missionary-linguists
  6. missionarying
  7. missionaryism
  8. missionaryize
  9. missionaryized
  10. missionaryizes
  11. missionaryizing

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