missionaries
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Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Tassone said Ross had visited other friends in Norway and Denmark, and had supported missionaries financially.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
European artworks brought to the court by diplomats and missionaries further influenced Mughal watercolors, contributing to the emergence of an increased naturalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
A new San Gabriel mission was being built, five years after Franciscan missionaries had founded the original mission in a flood zone, which flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He says he comes from the order of the White Fathers, missionaries to the nomadic Bedouin tribes and chaplains to the French Foreign Legion.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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