FOREIGN MISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreign mission mean? 

• FOREIGN MISSION (noun)
  The noun FOREIGN MISSION has 2 senses:

1. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

2. a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

  Familiarity information: FOREIGN MISSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREIGN MISSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

foreign mission; mission; missionary post; missionary station

Hypernyms ("foreign mission" is a kind of...):

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

foreign mission; legation

Hypernyms ("foreign mission" is a kind of...):

diplomatic mission (a mission serving diplomatic ends)

Meronyms (members of "foreign mission"):

legate; official emissary (a member of a legation)