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A mission, from the Latin missum (English: sent), is a specific task with which a person or group has been charged. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (from wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Mission may also refer to:

Religion and politics

• Diplomatic mission, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory
• Mission (Christian), a movement or outpost of Christian proclamation of the faith
  • Mission (station), a base of missionary practice
• List of Spanish missions, various missions established by the Spanish in the New World (modern Latin America, mostly) both to spread Christianity and to oversee colonization.
• Bolivarian Missions, a series of social programs created during Hugo Chávez's rule of Venezuela.
• Captain Mission, an 18th century pirate [[spaduti]] and captain of The Republic of the Sea who founded a short-lived utopian society.
• Missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the administrative areas, often based on geographic regions, of proselyting or service assignments by the LDS church
  • Mormon missionary

- Seal on the building of German Embassies. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A Mission station is a location for missionary work. ... The Spanish established various missions throughout the New World as they colonized it, often slightly tweaked due to regional differences. ... The Bolivarian Missions are a series of social justice, social welfare, anti-poverty, educational, electoral and military recruiting programs implemented under the administration of the current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. ... Libertatia (also known as Libertalia) is said to have been a free colony forged by pirates under the leadership of Captain James Misson in the late 1600s. ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is well known for their efforts to contact the public through proselyting activities. ... It has been suggested that Senior Missionaries be merged into this article or section. ...

Geography

In the United States:

• Mission District, San Francisco, California, a neighborhood of San Francisco.
  • Mission High School (San Francisco, California), a high school there.
• Mission, Kansas
• Mission, Oregon
• Mission, South Dakota
• Mission, Texas

In Canada: Mission Theatre on Mission Street The Inner Mission, often called The Mission or The Heart of the Mission (La Misión or El Corazón de la Misión in Spanish) is a neighborhood in the Mission District of San Francisco. ... Mission High School (San Francisco, California) Mission High School is an American public high school located in San Francisco, California. ... Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. ... Mission is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community located in Umatilla County, Oregon. ... Mission is a city located in Todd County, South Dakota. ... Mission is a city located in Hidalgo County, Texas. ...

• Mission, British Columbia
• Mission, Calgary, Alberta

In Brazil: Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River, overlooking the Fraser Valley. ... Father Albert Lacombe (photo circa 1913) St. ...

• Missões, Brazil, a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Padre Roque Gonzales.
  • São Miguel das Missões, one of the best preserved of the old colonial missions.
  • Guarani das Missões
  • São Paulo das Missões
  • Campina das Missões

Missôes, Brazil is a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Padre Roque Gonzales. ... Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 km² Population   - Total   - Density 10. ... Façade of São Miguel das Missões Interior view of the ruins of São Miguel das Missões Movie still from The Mission - the set recreates what São Miguel das Missões may have looked like in the 18th century São Miguel das Missões... Motto: 09-10 Campina das Missões 1963 Coordinates: Country Brazil Region South State Rio Grande do Sul Settled 1902 Incorporated 1963 Government  - Mayor Melchior Mallmann (PT) Area  - City 227. ...

The Arts

• Mission Revival Style architecture, a style of architecture harkening back to the Spanish missions in California.
• The Mission Style of decorative arts, related to Arts and Crafts and Gustav Stickley.
• The Mission (British band), known as The Mission UK in the United States, a gothic rock band.
• Mission (TV series), an animated television series.
• The Mission (movie), a 1986 film in which a Christian mission attempts to aid local Guaraní Indians against colonial oppression.
• Mission Records, a record label

The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th Century and drew inspiration from the early Spanish missions in California. ... Postcard of the reconstructed Mission Santa Bárbara The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ... Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858–April 21, 1942) was a furniture maker and architect as well as the leading spokesperson for the American Arts and Crafts movement. ... The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States due to a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band) is a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy. ... The Mission is a 1986 film which tells the story of a Spanish Jesuit priest who goes into the South American jungle to convert the Native Americans, who must defend his charges against the cruelty of Portuguese colonials. ... Mission Records was created by Glenn Frey and Peter Lopez in 1998 as an independent label. ...

Other uses

• Space mission, the launch of craft into outer space.
  • List of human spaceflights, a list of manned space missions.
• Mission statement, a statement of purpose used by many businesses and institutions.
• Military operation ("mission"), a military action.
• Mission Vao, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
• Mission (grape), a variety of grape.
• Mission bottle, a bottle in a pharmacy for an oral liquid drug given to a patient (as opposed to a stock bottle, which usually contains a bulk amount of liquid and is not to be given to patients).
• Mission (people), an ethnic group.
• Mission (slang), a slang term often used to describe a task or objective of which is considered difficult by the user
• Mission British manufacturer of loudspeakers now owned by IAG

Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ... These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km (the FAI definition of spaceflight), or were launched with that intention but failed. ... Look up mission statement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information. ... Mission Vao is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. ... Mission grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America in the 1500s by Roman Catholic missionaries for use in making sacramental wine. ... The International Audio Group (IAG) is a Chinese manufacturer of consumer and professional audio & HiFi components. ...

See also

• Quest
• Missionary

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