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missionary

How many syllables in missionary?

  4 syllables

Divide missionary into syllables:   mis-sion-ar-y
How to pronounce missionary:   mish-uh-ner-ee
How to say missionary:

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Synonyms for missionary


3 syllables
  • apostle
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3 syllables
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