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Mission   /mˈɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Mission  n.  
1.
The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission. "Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late, Made emulous missions 'mongst the gods themselves."
2.
That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission. "How to begin, how to accomplish best His end of being on earth, and mission high."
3.
Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy; as, the Russian mission to the United Nations. "In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house."
4.
An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.
5.
An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.
6.
A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers.
7.
Dismission; discharge from service. (Obs.)
Mission school.
(a)
A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries.
(b)
A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges.
Synonyms: Message; errand; commission; deputation.


verb
Mission  v. t.  To send on a mission. (Mostly used in the form of the past participle.)





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"Mission" Quotes from Famous Books



... not judge a poet as you would an ordinary man,—as you would me, for example, Monsieur le comte," said La Briere. "A poet has a mission. He is obliged by his nature to see the poetry of questions, just as he expresses that of things. When you think him inconsistent with himself he is really faithful to his vocation. He is a painter copying with equal truth a Madonna and a courtesan. ...
— Modeste Mignon • Honore de Balzac
... objects of the mission were not interfered with by all this dining and festivity. Natural history excursions, magnetical observations, the geographical survey of the island of Guam, entrusted to Duperrey, were all being pushed forward simultaneously. But in the meantime the corvette had got to moorings ...
— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century • Jules Verne
... the Queen's Park in one of the ties, and a determined tussle it turned out to be. The "boys" bore a wild look that afternoon as they emerged from the pavilion at Hampden Park. You could read the anxious and determined character of their mission on every face. They had fully made up their minds to fight hard for the Cup, and really they did. Several of the team were big powerful fellows whom not a few cautious half-backs would think twice before "going for," and two of the forwards were very smart on their pins, but wanted that true mastery ...
— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone
... he went to church one hot night to hear a city mission worker describe his experiences among the poor people of the crowded districts who, though they needed help, were too modest or proud to ask for it. The speaker told of the suffering and bravery he found. Then he pointed out that the best ...
— Public Speaking • Clarence Stratton
... what you are right," he muttered savagely as he handed it back to Hamilton. "These wives, damn 'em, seem to have no other mission but to ...
— Six Women • Victoria Cross


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