Missingly
(Miss"ing*ly), adv. With a sense of loss. [Obs.] Shak.
Mission
(Mis"sion) n. [L. missio, fr. mittere, missum, to send: cf. F. mission. See Missile.]
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.
Shak. 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.
Milton. 3. Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
Bacon. 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. Addis & Arnold.
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.
Syn. — Message; errand; commission; deputation.
Mission
(Mis"sion) v. t. To send on a mission. [Mostly used in the form of the past participle.] Keats.
Missionary
(Mis"sion*ary) n.; pl. Missionaries [Cf. F. missionnaire. See Mission, n.] One who is
sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift.
Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.
Missionary
(Mis"sion*a*ry), a. Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary
fund.
Missioner
(Mis"sion*er) n. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6.
"Like mighty missioner you come." Dryden.
Missis
(Mis"sis) n. A mistress; a wife; — so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.
Missish
(Miss"ish), a. Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.
— Miss"ish*ness, n.
Missit
(Mis*sit") v. t. To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Missive
(Mis"sive) a. [See Missive, n.]
1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.
