missionizer

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Noun
  • The 90-minute film charts the different phases of the King’s life as an environmental missionary, and delves into his passion for the natural world and its protection, which started long before this became a mainstream concern, as his spokesman put it.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • First came Catholic missionaries from Europe, who found willing converts among a population still reeling from catastrophe.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In Washington, the House of Representatives interrupted its session and the chaplain prayed for the astronauts.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • After the governor’s mansion was firebombed last year, hours after the Shapiro family had held their Passover seder, an elderly fire-department chaplain named John Wardle handed Shapiro a handwritten prayer.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
  • But don’t discount soul belter Olivia Dean and R&B revivalist Leon Thomas.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna as an Islamic revivalist movement seeking to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate by peaceful means.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And, Rwanda does not present itself as a nuclear evangelist.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, has become an evangelist of a certain sort.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Now on its 67th day and passing through metro Atlanta, the group's schedule included reflections from a metro Atlanta monk originally part of the journey.
    Nakell Williams, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • He had been dressed as a monk for Halloween weekend, with a hooded robe, but Rachel Kelly said he was found shirtless in his sweatpants.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The family had been relying on food and water delivery from a local pastor.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor told Lemon and the others to leave the church.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Missionizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missionizer. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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