- plural of missionary.
missionaries
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Rio and cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz shot Angh on 16mm film, drawing on photographs and footage of missionaries and Naga communities from the 1950s and 60s.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A new San Gabriel mission was being built, five years after Franciscan missionaries had founded the original mission in a flood zone, which flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Since owners worried that literacy would encourage slaves to seek freedom, missionaries found themselves limited in what form of Christianity they could present to enslaved people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Many other previously uncontacted groups of New Guineans and Amazonian Indians have similarly owed to missionaries their incorporation into modern society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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