Meaning of 'missionary' in Finnish is: lähetyssaarnaaja

missionary: lähetyssaarnaaja

Noun:

lähetyssaarnaaja, julistaja, evankelista, propagandisti, apostoli, kuuluttaja.

Adjective:

lähetyssaarnaaja.

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Noun(1) 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,person who aids,does religious work(2) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program(3) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country(4) person who aids(5) does religious work

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(1) Other conservative Republicans were dismayed by the president's missionary zeal.(2) He spent the next seven years as a missionary to the Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.(3) The choice was left up to him and another Jesuit who had also been tapped for missionary work.(4) Theorizing about biblical translation was often undertaken and emerged within the framework of missionary practice.(5) Liberalism is a missionary faith, and proselytising zeal is not normally conducive to sceptical inquiry.(6) There is a kind of missionary fervor among those participating in the effort.(7) Perhaps that has been one of the greatest failings of missionary endeavours in Africa over the past 50 years!(8) South Sea Islanders were very important in early Protestant missionary activity and most were accompanied by their wives.(9) The general area is well worth visiting, having various historical sites that recall early missionary effort.(10) For some there was religious missionary zeal in helping those who were less fortunate.(11) So we can assume that he is not burning with missionary zeal to convert Iran to Christianity.(12) The rich white missionary agencies are making use of the country's poverty and social ills to further their ends.(13) What must it have been like in the heady days of Paul's missionary work there?(14) The European Christian Mission is celebrating one hundred years of missionary activity.(15) Why are Christians not more active in missionary endeavours?(16) Christian missionary activity has taken place since 1797 and has had a great impact on the Tongan culture.