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missionary

[mish-uh-ner-ee] / ˈmɪʃ əˌnɛr i /


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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

He was a ghoulish host of a late-night television horror program in the 2005 vampire movie “The Roost,” then played a wagon-train missionary in the 2007 western “Seraphim Falls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Leo is expected to make several foreign trips this year, including to Africa, Peru, where he worked for two decades as a missionary, and possibly also Spain.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

But the face of an American missionary lady bent over her and smiled, talking to her in a soothing language she did not understand.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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