missionary enterprise

collocation in English

meaningsofmissionaryandenterprise

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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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enterprise
noun
uk
/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us
/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will ...
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(Definition ofmissionaryandenterprisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmissionary enterprise

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Regrettably, this important historical contradiction in themissionaryenterpriseis not given a central part in the discussion.
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The book covers the period between the early seventeenth and the late nineteenth centuries and puts special emphasis on the role of technology and trade in themissionaryenterprise.
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Indeed, it is remarkable that founded, as it was, as amissionaryenterpriseand supported, as it has been, by voluntary funds, it has reached standards which are so high.
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I think they must be so framed as to meet the case of "those engaged inmissionaryenterprise," but that is really a matter for my legal advisers.
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But the new superior general set himself to cultivate still wider fields ofmissionaryenterprise.
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Asante lists some specific motives a donor may have for giving aid: defence support, market expansion, foreign investment,missionaryenterprise, cultural extension.
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It also sought to publicize and encourage themissionaryenterprisein general.
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He was a controlling advocate of themissionaryenterprise.
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It was an unconventionalmissionaryenterprise.
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This is a very encouragingmissionaryenterprise.
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The result was a comity agreement of the missionary enterprises, dividing up places of ministry to avoid future conflicts among themselves and their converts.
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