A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.
The business with which such a body of persons is charged.
A permanent diplomatic office abroad.
A body of experts or dignitaries sent to a foreign country.
A body of persons sent to a foreign land by a religious organization, especially a Christian organization, to spread its faith or provide educational, medical, and other assistance.
A mission established abroad.
The district assigned to a mission worker.
A building or compound housing a mission.
An organization for carrying on missionary work in a territory.
Missionary duty or work.
A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
A series of special Christian services for purposes of proselytizing.
A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.
A special assignment given to a person or group: an agent on a secret mission.
A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit.
An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives: a mission to Mars.
An inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service; a vocation.
To send on a mission.
To organize or establish a religious mission among or in.
Of or relating to a mission.
Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish missions of California.
Of, relating to, or having the distinctive qualities of an early 20th-century style of plain, heavy, dark-stained wood furniture.