missionary society

collocation in English

meaningsofmissionaryandsociety

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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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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofmissionaryandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, themissionarysocietywill not have to worry their heads about it.
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Contributions must either be paid voluntarily or must be undertaken by themissionarysocietywhich sends out the missionary.
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One might ask if it is conceivable that any film shown by amissionarysocietycould possibly fall foul of any licensing authority.
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Then we might find in rural areas one society, say amissionarysociety, giving a film for one night in the village hall, or perhaps for two or three nights.
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They are essentially amissionarysocietyalthough their ministry is not confined to developing nations.
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The newmissionarysocietysecretary required everything to be explained and documented.
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At his arrival themissionarysocietyand its efforts had not produced results expected by their original expectations and goals.
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The chapel finally closed in 1978 and in 1994 it was serving as the offices of amissionarysociety.
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The formation of amissionarysocietyset the stage for further co-operative efforts.
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Their decision to form amissionarysocietycame to fruition three years later.
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Thus, members of a non-institutional church would not authorize giving church funds to amissionarysocietyor undertake a sponsoring church arrangement.
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By 1909, it was the largest woman's foreignmissionarysocietyin the world.
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Control of the colony was taken from themissionarysocietyand taken up by the crown in 1663.
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Themissionarysocietyinitially found her too unconventional in education and overly fashionable in dress, but finally accepted her.
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The war speeded up the introduction of other missionary societies and churches.
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Williams became involved in plans to form amissionarysociety.
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What he proposed to her was that the community she envisioned take on the character of amissionarysociety, a vision he had guarded for nearly fifteen years.
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For their part, the missionary societies interpreted the rebellion as a divine wake-up call, sent to spur the faithful to greater efforts.
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He also did not consider himself a good student, but did hold several positions during his two years at the school, including as president of themissionarysociety.
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Despite appearances to the contrary, the government did quite well out of its financial deal with the missionary societies.
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