Search Result for "foreign_mission":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work;
[syn: mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission]

2. a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister;
[syn: legation, foreign mission]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foreign mission
    n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to
         carry on religious work [syn: mission, missionary post,
         missionary station, foreign mission]
    2: a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister [syn:
       legation, foreign mission]