missionary activity

collocation in English

meaningsofmissionaryandactivity

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missionary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɪʃ.ən.ri/us
/ˈmɪʃ.er.i/
a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach their religion to the people who ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofmissionaryandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They also cooperated in campaigns againstmissionaryactivityand women's emancipation.
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Meanwhile, the social benefits that accrued frommissionaryactivityare largely forgotten in the historical chronicles of the elites.
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Any congregation engaged in normal evangelistic andmissionaryactivityeasily meets that requirement.
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There is nomissionaryactivityhere whatsoever.
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She also became involved in promotingmissionaryactivityoverseas.
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He decided to devote his life tomissionaryactivity.
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Neither law nor regulation prohibits foreignmissionaryactivity.
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He became known as a generous benefactor ofmissionaryactivity.
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It also encourages adherents to engage inmissionaryactivity.
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Protestantmissionaryactivityexploded during the next few decades.
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Example ofmissionaryactivityduring this period include the following.
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It developed through trading andmissionaryactivity, until we gradually assumed responsibility for the administration of much of the region.
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Adventistmissionaryactivitystarted at the end of the 19th century.
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The spiritual insight gained from their ascetic struggles make monastics preferred formissionaryactivity.
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There are no prohibitions againstmissionaryactivityor proselytizing in the government-controlled area.
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In the late 19th and early 20th century most major denominations started overseasmissionaryactivity.
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Libermann was a pioneer of strategies now recognized as a blueprint for modernmissionaryactivity.
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Under his leadership, the seminary andmissionaryactivitywas further expanded.
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The schools would assistmissionaryactivityas well as industrial and commercial enterprises.
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This encouragedmissionaryactivitystarting in the 1860s, followed by a small number of settlers.
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The police may investigatemissionaryactivitybased on a citizen's complaint.
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Missionaryactivity, predominantly in coastal areas, has encouraged the growth of larger settlements.
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Franciscanmissionaryactivityhelped to stem this tide; nevertheless, conversions continued unabated throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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He performed numerous miracles, healing people and casting out demons, and he apparently organizedmissionaryactivityin other regions.
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Members of underground churches or those connected to bordermissionaryactivitywere reportedly regarded as subversive elements.
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