Mission school. (a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by
missionaries. (b) A school for the religious instruction of children
not having regular church privileges.
Syn. -- Message; errand; commission; deputation.
Mis"sion (?), v. t. To send on a mission. [Mostly used in the form of
the past participle.] Keats.
Mis"sion*ary (?), n.; pl. Missionaries (#). [Cf. F. missionnaire. See
Mission, n.] One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to
propagate religion. Swift.
Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission
from the pope.
Mis"sion*a*ry, a. Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary
meeting; a missionary fund.
Mis"sion*er (?), n. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission.
See Mission, n., 6. "Like mighty missioner you come." Dryden.
Mis"sis (?), n. A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G.
Eliot.
Miss"ish, a. Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.
-- Miss"ish*ness, n.
Mis*sit" (?), v. t. To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Mis"sive (?), a. [See Missive, n.] 1. Specially sent; intended or
prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.