Definition of "missioners" [missioners]

• Plural form of missioner. (noun)

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• "So when the "missioners" came with new light on the matter -- no longer insisting upon silence where a few of the brethren and sisters were met to edify one another -- it was not, as the minister said, those who were best fitted for it who were the readiest to claim the right or the privilege, whichever it might be called; and as for him, he was not urgent about the matter, either to encourage or restrain."
• "Some of course may in one sense 'go away' to another Christian communion; but even then they will still be there as fellow-Christians, fellow-missioners and disciples, and the debate will not be over just because one local jurisdiction has made a decision."
• "Some 80 theologians, missioners and lay activists from 11 Asian countries attended the forum, titled "Eucharist and Community - Beyond All Barriers.""