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adjective

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Recent Examples of missionary
Noun
Other missionaries come and go, we're told, but Leo stayed, for a few decades. Matt Rivers, ABC News, 10 May 2025 Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43 In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Adjective
But in Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the life-saving purchase of oxygen production plants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Franklin Briceno, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025 The former prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and missionary in Peru, Pope Leo XIV, succeeds Pope Francis as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for missionary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missionary
Noun
  • Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.
    al, al, 1 Dec. 2020
Adjective
  • In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • By 2014, Prevost was back in Peru after Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Pantoliano’s character, Angelo, was a soldier in the infantry, stationed in Hawaii in 1941.
    Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 19 May 2025
  • Named by Variety as one of 10 Spanish directors to watch in 2022, Azorín delivers a dual-timeline narrative set in Roman baths, where a 21st-century boy shares a hot bath with a 1st-century Roman soldier, both reflecting on their own frailty.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Republicans were more likely than Democrats to say discrimination is felt among white people, evangelical Christians, men and religious people, the poll found.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
  • Reporters have rarely been fans of faith in politics, and often decry the Republican Party’s cozy relationship with religious Americans, such as evangelical Christians.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • In the previous episode, Mandy confessed to her priest and had guilty nightmares about her tricky predicament.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Survivors organizations have accused him of allowing the Rev. James Ray, a priest accused of abusing minors and whose ministry had been restricted since 1991, to live at the Augustinian’s St. John Stone Friary in Hyde Park in 2000 despite its proximity to a Catholic elementary school.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Zen Mantra Thich Nhat Hanh was a Zen monk from Vietnam who was quite an incredible man.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • Cambodian folks from Stockton and the Bay converged with 98-year olds from Long Beach and monks who flew from Cambodia to tie bracelets onto wrists, uttering blessings.
    Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025

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“Missionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missionary. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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