Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premissionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-mis-sion-ary
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the arrival or presence of religious missionaries.

Etymology

From pre- + missionary.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does premissionary mean?
Before the arrival or presence of religious missionaries.
Where does premissionary come from?
From pre- + missionary.

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