Definition of "foreign mission" [foreign mission]

• A permanent diplomatic legation established in a foreign country. (noun)
• A religious group especially of Christians sent to a foreign country for missionary service. (noun)

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• "Mormonism's first foreign mission was opened in the summer of 1837, when Heber C. Kimball and"
• "In 1819 the scope of the new congregation, which had been founded for the alleviation of the miseries consequent on the Revolution, was extended to embrace foreign mission work, and in 1822 Mother Javouhey herself established a house of the sisters at Goree, in West Africa."