Mission

1. v. t. To send on a mission.
2. n. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.
3. n. That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.
4. n. Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
5. n. An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.
6. n. An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.
7. n. A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers.
8. n. Dismission; discharge from service.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.