Look up: missions

1. missions
   (from the article `Buddhism`) ...often adopting modern Christian practices such as the establishment of Sunday schools, the distribution of tracts, and the like. They also ... ...the large monasteries with land and slaves. Association with royalty gave Buddhism access to power. Under the proselytizing consciousness that had ... [2 re...
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2. missions
   (from the article `Fimid Dynasty`) ...of the Sunn `Abbsid order and the hope and refuge of those who wished to overthrow it. In all the lands still under `Abbsid suzerainty, he ... The main contribution of the orders, however, is their missionary activity. The members of different orders who settled in India from the early 13th ... [...
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3. missions
   (from the article `Judaism`) ...by politically unfriendly if not hostile neighbours. Nor does this recognize that foreigners were admitted to the Jewish community; in the ...
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4. missions
   missions, term generally applied to organizations formed for the purpose of extending religious teaching, whether at home or abroad. It also indicates the stations or the fields where such teaching is given. In a more particular sense it designates the efforts to disseminate the Christian religion.F...
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0