MISSIONIZE

Etymology

Verb

missionize (third-person singular simple present missionizes, present participle missionizing, simple past and past participle missionized)

(intransitive) To work as a missionary; to do missionary work.

(transitive) To do missionary work among (a people) or in (a particular place).

(transitive, historical) To teach and to bring under the control of European religion and culture through the mission system, as the Spanish did with Native Americans in their colonies.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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