Exact Match:
- missionary
- someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
- relating to or connected to a religious mission
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- evangelist
collapse - a preacher of the Christian gospel
- (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John related words >
- Ambrose of Milan,
- Athanasius,
- Barnabas,
- Basil,
- Clement of Alexandria,
- Clement of Rome,
- Cyprian of Carthage,
- Cyril of Jerusalem,
- Gabriel,
- Gregory of Nyssa,
- Hermas,
- Ignatius,
- Irenaeus,
- Jerome,
- John,
- John Chrysostom,
- Justin Martyr,
- Lactantius Firmianus,
- Luke,
- Mark,
- Origen,
- Papias,
- Paul,
- Peter,
- Polycarp,
- Tertullian,
- adorer,
- ante-Nicene Fathers,
- apostle,
- beadsman,
- celebrant,
- chapelgoer,
- churchgoer,
- colporteur,
- communicant,
- congregation,
- converter,
- daily communicant,
- disciple,
- evangel,
- forerunner,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- herald angel,
- idolater,
- missionary,
- missionary apostolic,
- missionary rector,
- missioner,
- petitioner,
- prayer,
- propagandist,
- proselyter,
- proselytizer,
- revivalist,
- saint,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicator,
- venerator,
- votary,
- worshiper
- priestly
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- befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
- associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" related words >
- evangelistic
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- relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel; "evangelistic fervor"; "the evangelistic concerns of the early church" related words >
- Biblical,
- Gospel,
- Mosaic,
- New-Testament,
- Old-Testament,
- abbatial,
- abbatical,
- apocalyptic,
- apostolic,
- archiepiscopal,
- canonical,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- churchly,
- clerical,
- ecclesiastic,
- episcopal,
- episcopalian,
- evangelic,
- gospel,
- inspired,
- ministerial,
- missionary,
- pastoral,
- prelatial,
- prelatic,
- priest-ridden,
- priestish,
- priestly,
- prophetic,
- rabbinic,
- revealed,
- revelational,
- sacerdotal,
- scriptural,
- textual,
- textuary,
- theopneustic,
- ultramontane
- preach
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- speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
- deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" related words >
- address,
- admonish,
- advise,
- advocate,
- catechize,
- caution,
- charge,
- counsel,
- deliver a lecture,
- discourse,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- evangelize,
- exhort,
- explain,
- exposit,
- expostulate,
- expound,
- harangue,
- hold forth,
- homilize,
- incite,
- inculcate,
- induce,
- issue a caveat,
- lecture,
- minister,
- mission,
- missionary,
- moralize,
- move,
- persuade,
- point a moral,
- pontificate,
- preachify,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- prelect,
- prompt,
- prophesy,
- read a lesson,
- read a sermon,
- remonstrate,
- reprimand,
- sermonize,
- sermonizing,
- speak,
- talk,
- urge,
- warn
- apostle
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- (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
- any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
- an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution" related words >
- Aaronic priesthood,
- Ambrose of Milan,
- Athanasius,
- Barnabas,
- Basil,
- Clement of Alexandria,
- Clement of Rome,
- Cyprian of Carthage,
- Cyril of Jerusalem,
- Gregory of Nyssa,
- Hermas,
- Ignatius,
- Irenaeus,
- Jerome,
- John,
- John Chrysostom,
- Justin Martyr,
- Lactantius Firmianus,
- Luke,
- Mark,
- Melchizedek priesthood,
- Origen,
- Papias,
- Paul,
- Peter,
- Polycarp,
- Seventy,
- Tertullian,
- ante-Nicene Fathers,
- bishop,
- colporteur,
- convert,
- converter,
- deacon,
- disciple,
- elder,
- evangelist,
- follower,
- high priest,
- missionary,
- missioner,
- patriarch,
- priest,
- propagandist,
- proselyte,
- proselyter,
- proselytizer,
- saint,
- teacher
- clergyman
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- a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church related words >
- DD,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- Holy Joe,
- abbe,
- ayatollah,
- brother,
- canon,
- cassock,
- chaplain,
- churchman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- curate,
- cure,
- deacon,
- dean,
- divine,
- dominie,
- ecclesiastic,
- evangelist,
- father,
- friar,
- guru,
- holy man,
- imam,
- man of God,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- missionary,
- monastic,
- monk,
- padre,
- parson,
- pastor,
- preacher,
- prebend,
- prebendary,
- predicant,
- presbyter,
- priest,
- pulpitarian,
- pulpiteer,
- pulpiter,
- rabbi,
- rector,
- religious,
- reverend,
- revivalist,
- sacristan,
- sermonizer,
- servant of God,
- sexton,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric,
- vicar
- priest
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- a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion related words >
- Aaronic priesthood,
- Levite,
- Melchizedek priesthood,
- Seventy,
- abbe,
- abbess,
- abbot,
- acolyte,
- acolytus,
- apostle,
- baal kore,
- bishop,
- cantor,
- cassock,
- celibataire,
- celibate,
- chief rabbi,
- churchman,
- churchwoman,
- clergyman,
- clergywoman,
- cleric,
- confessor,
- curate,
- cure,
- deacon,
- diaconus,
- divine,
- doorkeeper,
- ecclesiastic,
- elder,
- evangelist,
- exorcist,
- exorcista,
- father,
- father confessor,
- father in Christ,
- gallach,
- high priest,
- holy man,
- holy orders,
- kohen,
- lector,
- major orders,
- man of God,
- minor orders,
- misogamist,
- misogynist,
- missionary,
- monastic,
- monk,
- mother,
- nun,
- ostiarius,
- padre,
- parish priest,
- patriarch,
- penitentiary,
- preacher,
- presbyter,
- rabbi,
- rabbin,
- reader,
- reverend,
- scribe,
- servant of God,
- single,
- spiritual director,
- spiritual father,
- subdeacon,
- subdiaconus,
- teacher,
- unmarried,
- vicar
- minister
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- the job of a head of a government department
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
- a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"
- work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
- attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time" related words >
- DD,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- Holy Joe,
- abbe,
- accommodate,
- administer the Eucharist,
- agent,
- aid,
- alderman,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- anoint,
- apostolic delegate,
- archon,
- assist,
- attache,
- bailie,
- burghermaster,
- burgomaster,
- cabinet member,
- cabinet minister,
- care for,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- chaplain,
- charge,
- chrism,
- churchman,
- city councilman,
- city father,
- city manager,
- clergyman,
- clergywoman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- commercial attache,
- commissar,
- commissary,
- commissionaire,
- commissioner,
- confirm,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- councillor,
- councilman,
- councilwoman,
- county commissioner,
- county supervisor,
- curate,
- cure,
- dean,
- delegate,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- divine,
- do duty,
- ecclesiastic,
- elder,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- evangelist,
- father,
- foreign service officer,
- headman,
- help,
- herald,
- impose,
- induna,
- internuncio,
- lay hands on,
- legate,
- legislator,
- look after,
- lord mayor,
- magistrate,
- maire,
- man of God,
- mayor,
- messenger,
- military attache,
- military chaplain,
- minister of state,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- minister to,
- missionary,
- nuncio,
- officiate,
- padre,
- parson,
- pastor,
- perform a rite,
- perform service,
- plenipotentiary,
- portreeve,
- preacher,
- priest,
- rector,
- reeve,
- resident,
- reverend,
- secretary,
- secretary of legation,
- secretary of state,
- see to,
- selectman,
- servant of God,
- serve,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- supervisor,
- supply,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- support,
- syndic,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric,
- undersecretary,
- vicar,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate,
- wait on,
- warden
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