- missionary zeal
- very strong enthusiasm for something
Elly was full of missionary zeal about organic food.
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missionary zeal
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missionary zeal — phrase very strong enthusiasm for something Elly was full of missionary zeal about organic food. Thesaurus: feelings of energy and enthusiasmsynonym Main entry: missionary … Useful english dictionary
zeal — [zi:l] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: zelus, from Greek zelos] eagerness to do something, especially to achieve a particular religious or political aim religious/revolutionary/missionary etc zeal ▪ He approached the job with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
missionary — mis|sion|a|ry1 [ˈmıʃənəri US neri] n plural missionaries someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians missionary 2 missionary2 adj [only before noun] 1.) relating to the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
missionary — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign ▪ pioneer ▪ evangelical, medical ▪ Catholic, Protestant, etc … Collocations dictionary
missionary — [[t]mɪ̱ʃənri, neri[/t]] missionaries 1) N COUNT A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Missionary is used to describe the activities of missionaries. You should be in… … English dictionary
missionary — UK [ˈmɪʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈmɪʃ(ə)nˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms missionary : singular missionary plural missionaries someone who has been sent to a place by a religious organization to teach the people there about a particular religion a… … English dictionary
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zeal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ excessive ▪ crusading, ideological (esp. AmE), missionary, reforming (esp. BrE), religious, revolutionary … Collocations dictionary
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