Mission Definition–noun | 1. | a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like. |
| 2. | the business with which such a
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group is charged. |
| 3. | a permanent diplomatic establishment abroad; embassy; legation. |
| 4. | Military. an operational task, usually assigned by a higher headquarters: a mission to bomb the bridge. |
| 5. | Aerospace. an operation designed to carry out the goals of a specific program: a space mission. |
| 6. | a group of persons sent by a church to carry on religious work, esp. evangelization in foreign lands, and often to establish schools, hospitals, etc. |
| 7. | an establishment of missionaries in a foreign land; a missionary church or station. |
| 8. | a similar establishment in any region. |
| 9. | the district assigned to a missionary. |
| 10. | missionary duty or work. |
| 11. | an organization for carrying on missionary work. |
| 12. | Also called rescue mission. a shelter operated by a church or other organization offering food, lodging, and other assistance to needy persons. |
| 13. | missions, organized missionary work or activities in any country or region. |
| 14. | a church or a region dependent on a larger church or denomination. |
| 15. | a series of special religious services for increasing religious devotion and converting unbelievers: to preach a mission. |
| 16. | an assigned or self-imposed duty or task; calling; vocation. |
| 17. | a sending or being sent for some duty or purpose. |
–adjective | 19. | of or pertaining to a mission. |
| 20. | (usually initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a style of American furniture of the early 20th century, created in supposed imitation of the furnishings of the Sp
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anish missions of California and characterized by the use of dark, stained wood, by heaviness, and by extreme plainness. |
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