Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sion-al
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a religious mission; missionary.

Example Sentences

"Churches should develop a missional posture for engaging in God's mission."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiōlbor. English mission English -al English missional From mission + -al.

Inflected Forms

more missional (comparative) most missional (superlative)

Derived Forms

missionality missionally

Synonyms

missionary

Questions

What does missional mean?: Of or pertaining to a religious mission; missionary.
Where does missional come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiōlbor. English mission English -al English missional From mission + -al.

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