missionary
Example Sentences
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The state has historic links to American missionaries.
From BBC
Prevost was little known to the wider public except in Peru, where he was greatly admired during his more than 20 years as a missionary and bishop.
The author also reveals the desperate conditions that beset Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, and the two Americans who were driven by their religious faith to serve the same missionary hospital.
An elderly retired missionary was brought in, jaw quivering with fear.
From Literature
Mencken remarked on the politician who had some cannibals among his constituents that “he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
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