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Mission
[Los Angeles Metro station] Mission Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Mission Street and Meridian Avenue in South Pasadena, California. The station is served by the Gold Line. This station features stat... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(Los_Angeles_Metro_station)
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[album] Mission is the second album from UK ska punk band Jesse James. It was released by Golf Records on 22 October 2003. The album was recorded in San Francisco and produced by Ryan Greene. ==Track listings== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(album)
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[LDS Church] A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)
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[grape] Mission grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America by Catholic New World missionaries for use in making sacramental, table, and fortified wines. ==History== The original European strain, until recently, had been lost,... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(grape)
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[station] A religious mission or mission station is a location for missionary work. ==Christianity== Historically, missions have been religious communities used to convert local populations to Christianity. Missions often provided the logistics and supplies needed to support that work, as we... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(station)
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[Christianity] Christian missionary activities often involve sending individuals and groups (called "missionaries"), to foreign countries and to places in their own homeland. This has frequently involved not only evangelization (in order to expand Christianity through the conversion of new m... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(Christianity)
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Earliest grape planted in the 17th century in what is now the state of California. A probable descendant of the Monica grape of Spain and Sardinia, it was imported to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadores. Identical to the Chilean Pais grape. Found op http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary/glossary.html?synchpage=11&Z=55017
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[n] - an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work 2. [n] - an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters 3. [n] - a task that has been assigned to a person or group 4. [n] - the organized work of a religious missionary Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=mission
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Office of a government representative accredited to another government. Britain's missions include high commissions headed by British high commissioners in Commonwealth countries and embassies... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Organized attempt to spread a religion. Throughout its history, Christianity has been the most assertive of missionary religions. Islam also has a history of militant missionizing, and the original... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Mis'sion noun [ Latin missio , from mittere , missum , to send: confer French mission . See Missile .] 1. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain po... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/80
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Mis'sion transitive verb To send on a mission. [ Mostly used in the form of the past participle.] Keats. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/80
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charge 3 commission noun a special assignment that is given to a person or group; `a confidential mission to London`; `his charge was deliver a message` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mission
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missionary station noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mission
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noun the organized work of a religious missionary Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mission
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noun an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; `the planes were on a bombing mission` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mission
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• (n.) Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. • (n.) An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches. • (v. t.) To send on a mission. • (n.) A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a partic... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/mission/
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(from the article `Native American`) ...California in 1542 but did not attempt to occupy it until 1769. Following the Pacific coast northward from Mexico, the Franciscan friar Junípero ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/100
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city, Hidalgo county, southern Texas, U.S., part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area, in the lower Rio Grande valley. A settlement was ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/100
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in Christianity, an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. [99 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/100
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mission 1. A special task given to a person or group to carry out. 2. An objective or task that somebody believes it is his or her duty to carry out or to which he or she attaches special importance and devotes special care. 3. A single flight or voyage of a military aircraft or a spacecraft. 4. ... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1319/4
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A heavy, normally dark finished oak style with straight rectangular lines originally popular in the early 1900's. This style grew out of the English arts and crafts movement and was a direct reaction against the ornate Victorian furniture styles of that time. Found op http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_gloss3.html
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Mission, city (1990 pop. 28,653), Hidalgo co., extreme S Tex.; inc. 1910. It is a processing and canning center for citrus fruits (especially grapefruit) and vegetables grown in the irrigated lower Rio Grande valley. Consumer goods and concrete are manufactured, and oil wells are also in Mission. Th... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0833407.html
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(religion) Organized attempt to spread a religion. Throughout its history, Christianity has been the most assertive of missionary religions. Islam also has a history of militant missionizing, and the original Islamic conquests initiated by Muhammad justified the use of a holy war, jihad, as a... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002367.html
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A business trip by a civil servant from the European Commission. Found op http://www.fedee.com/gloss.shtml
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