Usage of "missionary"

The first Christian missionaries to enter the country were imprisoned and murdered. 
 Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wa... 

You fools of English have set your hopes on the Christian missionary. 
 The Ivory Trail 

Nirvana is not annihilation, as has been erroneously taught by Christian missionaries. 
 The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion 

Farooq was educated at a Christian missionary school and married a U.S.-based Muslim. 
 Reuters 

In May, 1869, he was elected president of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society. 
 Cleveland Past and Present: Its Representative Men / Comprising ... 

Ús de missionary en anglès

Islamic militants often accuse Western aid groups of covert religious missionary work. 
 Reuters 

The Samoan question; furor consularis; missionary squabbles; reasonableness of Minister von Bulow. 
 Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 

Hand in hand the missionary and the trader have penetrated the locations. 
 Cetywayo and his White Neighbours / Remarks on Recent Events in ... 

Massé, Father Ennemond, dies at Sillery; first missionary in Canada; monument to. 
 Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 

Being the first Monday in the month, it is the missionary prayer-meeting. 
 With the Harmony to Labrador / Notes of a Visit to the Moravian ... 

Here is another from one of the students in the missionary school: 
 Primitive Love and Love-Stories 

The body of the martyred missionary was then solemnly placed in it. 
 Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa... 

The American Protestant-Episcopal Church raised its missionary standard in Liberia in 1836. 
 History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ... 

Wa-on-mon is a great chieftain; the heart of the missionary is grieved. 
 The Phantom of the River 

In Ireland, many development and missionary organisations are actively promoting Jubilee 2000. 
 The Irish Times 

In the first place, the missionary refused absolutely to quit the captives. 
 The Prairie Chief 

And now Tamsui came in sight-thenew home of the young missionary. 
 The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay o... 

They sent in missionary teams to help local preachers spread the gospel. 
 Acts of faith 

The descendants of the Pilgrims are thoroughly interested in our missionary work. 
 The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 04, April, 1890 

No missionary could exist in such a climate and in such circumstances. 
 Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions 

Prominent among the earlier pioneers in the missionary cause was Jemima Bingham. 
 Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor... 