mission |ˈmi sh ən|
noun
an important assignment...typically involving travel
• [treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people taking part in such an assignment
• [in sing. ] an organization or institution involved in a long-term assignment in a foreign country
• the vocation or calling of a religious organization, esp. a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith : the Christian mission
• a strongly felt aim, ambition, or calling
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.:
(denoting the sending of the Holy Spirit into the world)