mmisionari
mmee-see-oh-NAH-ree
How to say it
Swahilimmisionarimmee-see-oh-NAH-reesoon
Englishmissionary
Frenchmissionnaire
Meaning
A person sent by a church to spread the Christian faith and often to run schools and hospitals in another country or region.
Good to know
M/wa class noun, plural wamisionari. Many old schools and hospitals in East Africa were built by wamisionari; the mission station is misheni.
Examples
- Mmisionari huyo alijenga shule ya kwanza kijijini.That missionary built the first school in the village.
- Wamisionari walifika pwani katika karne ya kumi na tisa.The missionaries reached the coast in the nineteenth century.
- Hospitali hii ilianzishwa na mmisionari kutoka Ujerumani.This hospital was founded by a missionary from Germany.
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