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return missionary vs returned missionary

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Returned missionary' is the more common and appropriate phrase to refer to someone who has completed their missionary service and returned home. 'Return missionary' could be used in a sentence like 'I will return the missionary to his home country.'

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 709 views

return missionary

This phrase is correct but used in a different context.

This phrase could be used when referring to returning a missionary to their home country or organization.

Examples:

  • I will return the missionary to his home country.
  • The families of the two kidnapped missionaries received news from officials of the safe return of their sons.

returned missionary

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to someone who has completed their missionary service and returned home.

This phrase is commonly used to describe someone who has finished their missionary work and come back home.

Examples:

  • He is a returned missionary from Africa.
  • She became a returned missionary last month.
  • With your permission, I should like to read from the account of a missionary who returned from Angola a few months ago: In 2000, Angola celebrated 25 years of independence.
  • As regards the particuliar issue of the expulsion of the three Catholic missionaries from the Raposa do Sol reserve, the Commission understands that these missionaries have returned to the reserve following a request by the indigenous community to the governmental authorities.

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