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missionization

missionization noun: the religious work of a missionary.

Noun

missionization (countable and uncountable, plural missionizations)

  1. The religious work of a missionary.
  2. (historical) The imposition of the mission system by the Spanish on the Native Americans in their colonies.
  3. The process of missionizing (making something, such as an aircraft, suitable for a military or other mission).
    • […] proposes missionization costs to be borne by the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2006 . The cost of these planes has been outside the original Deepwater plan […]2005, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006: Hearings Before a...
    • While missionization efforts are underway, the aircraft are being flown as logistics and training aircraft. This funding is requested to purchase spare[s] […]2007, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations For 2008, Part 1B, FY 2008, 110-1 Hearings, *, page 191

Forms of missionization

pluralmissionizations

Origin of missionization

From mission + -ization or missionize + -ation.

Questions about missionization

What does missionization mean?
Missionization means the religious work of a missionary.
What part of speech is missionization?
Missionization is a noun.
What is the plural of missionization?
The plural of missionization is missionizations.

Words near missionization in the dictionary

  1. missionise
  2. missionised
  3. missioniser
  4. missionises
  5. missionising
  6. missionization
  7. missionizations
  8. missionize
  9. missionized
  10. missionizer
  11. missionizers

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