Definition of "missionaries" []

• Plural form of missionary. (noun)

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• "(Soundbite of music) Unidentified Group #1: (Singing in foreign language) MIROFF: The church was founded in the 1950s by Pentecostal missionaries from the U.S. who arrived just before Fidel Castro's revolution."
• "And no one should openly advocate being “just like Tim Tebow” off the field, since the history of Christian missionaries is gruesome and bloody."
• "Sexual sins were addressed loudly and regularly from the pul pits, especially by women preachers, whom we called missionaries."