Mission

English Meaning

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

1. A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.
2. The business with which such a body of persons is charged.
3. A permanent diplomatic office abroad.
4. A body of experts or dignitaries sent to a foreign country.
5. 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.
6. A mission established abroad.
7. The district assigned to a mission worker.
8. A building or compound housing a mission.
9. An organization for carrying on missionary work in a territory.
10. Missionary duty or work.
11. A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
12. A series of special Christian services for purposes of proselytizing.
13. A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.
14. A special assignment given to a person or group: an agent on a secret mission.
15. A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit.
16. An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives: a mission to Mars.
17. An inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service; a vocation.
18. To send on a mission.
19. To organize or establish a religious mission among or in.
20. Of or relating to a mission.
21. Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish missions of California.
22. Of, relating to, or having the distinctive qualities of an early 20th-century style of plain, heavy, dark-stained wood furniture.