mission
n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work [syn: missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission]
2: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the planes were on a bombing mission" [syn: military mission] 3: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: charge, commission] 4: the organized work of a religious missionary [syn: missionary work] 5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy]
