Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missionarying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sion-ary-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The religious work of a missionary.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In her wildest dreams of missionarying, the former Miss Zuercher had never looked forward to anything quite like her new home. The doctor's autobiography contains a detailed description of the early Dodge City."

Etymology

From missionary + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: missionary

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does missionarying mean?: The religious work of a missionary.
Where does missionarying come from?: From missionary + -ing.

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