missionization

M3I1S1S1I1O1N1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1

noun

The religious work of a missionary.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

nounmissionization (countable and uncountable, plural missionizations)

plural missionizations

  1. countableuncountableThe religious work of a missionary.
  2. countablehistoricaluncountableThe imposition of the mission system by the Spanish on the Native Americans in their colonies.
  3. countableuncountableThe process of missionizing (making something, such as an aircraft, suitable for a military or other mission).

    All aircraft are conducting operational missions, with the exception of aircraft undergoing the missionization process.

    2009, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2010, Part 1B, 111-1, page 510
    2 more examples

    […] proposes missionization costs to be borne by the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2006 . The cost of these planes has been outside the original Deepwater plan […]

    2005, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2360, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes, page 212

    While missionization efforts are underway, the aircraft are being flown as logistics and training aircraft. This funding is requested to purchase spare[s] […]

    2007, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations For 2008, Part 1B, FY 2008, 110-1 Hearings, *, page 191

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

missionization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionization

MLA

“missionization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missionization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionization.

Source: missionization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.