"mission school" meaning in All languages combined

See mission school on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: mission schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mission school (plural mission schools)
  1. A school for religious, and sometimes also secular, education for the poor, funded by charitable donations.
    Sense id: en-mission_school-en-noun-jUAC~9MZ
  2. A school conducted by a missionary abroad.
    Sense id: en-mission_school-en-noun-HaUs8v0M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68

Inflected forms

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