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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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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