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Noun: foreign mission
  1. An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
    - mission, missionary post, missionary station
     
  2. A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
    - legation

Derived forms: foreign missions

Type of: diplomatic mission, NGO, nongovernmental organisation [Brit], nongovernmental organization

Encyclopedia: Foreign mission

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