Glossary Term
Risk: Low- Approved rendering
- zending
- Transliteration
- zending
- Rejected alternatives
- missie (broader/secular)
Mission
Dutch has a dedicated theological word (‘zending’, ‘zendingswerk’, ‘zendeling’ = missionary) distinct from generic ‘missie’, giving it a cleaner semantic field than most languages in this batch, though it still carries Dutch colonial-era missionary history (VOC-era Dutch East Indies missions).
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