Definition of "missionary work" []

• The organized work of a religious missionary (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "His first missionary work was at an Abenaki village near Quebec, whence he was recalled to Quebec in 1691."
• "Bishop Patteson's natural disposition was averse to either, and the principles of missionary work which he took up suited at once his natural temper and his religious character."
• "What seems to be his later and juster judgment on missionary work is given, without date, by Lady Holland."