Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foreign_mission

2 senses of foreign mission

Sense 1
mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission -- (an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work)
       => nongovernmental organization, NGO -- (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

Sense 2
legation, foreign mission -- (a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister)
       => diplomatic mission -- (a mission serving diplomatic ends)