missionizer

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Noun
  • Hersey, the secular son of high-Wasp missionaries to China, transferred an almost stern sense of morality to his work.
    Jane Mayer, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Martindale grew up on farms in upstate New York and Indiana, the child of missionaries who later moved to rural China, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The chaplains had had difficulty finding a standard prayerbook that would match the varied needs and backgrounds of their congregants, most of whom have little knowledge of or familiarity with Jewish practice.
    Marla Brown Fogelman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • People who will work in schools might not be trained chaplains or professional chaplains – just people who call themselves a chaplain.
    Amy Lawton, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
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
  • This revivalist, smash one-off capped Take Action SXSW, a two-day event here to lobby against gun violence.
    Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Ginuwine, here on behalf of a gun violence prevention group, is this year's most beloved revivalist.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • But the parallel economy’s evangelists are betting that over the long haul, right-leaning countercultural businesses will be an enduring fixture of the American economy.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 17 July 2025
  • The preacher, evangelist and motivational speaker attended the final day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships with a group that included his sister and four couples.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • To my surprise, that’s where this story began: a monk’s sweet tooth and a nutritionist’s patience.
    Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In 1965, Snyder and his friend Philip Whalen had designed a hike in the Japanese mountain monk (yamabushi) tradition that followed a route with stations where the pilgrims stopped to chant from various Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, something not only Buddhist but shamanic.
    Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Kinloch is a reverend and senior pastor at Triumph Church, while Jenkins is a former Detroit City Council member elected in 2009 who served one four-year term.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Solomon Kinloch, a progressive pastor, was on track to win the second spot.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool.
    Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The local olive trees have long furnished the oil used to anoint kings and high priests.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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“Missionizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missionizer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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