MISSIONARY STATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

Synonyms:

foreign mission; mission; missionary post; missionary station

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("missionary station" is a kind of...):

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

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