missionization

English

Etymology

mission +‎ -ization or missionize +‎ -ation

Noun

missionization (countable and uncountable, plural missionizations)

1. The religious work of a missionary.
2. (historical) The imposition of the mission system by the Spanish on the Native Americans in their colonies.
3. The process of missionizing (making something, such as an aircraft, suitable for a military or other mission).
   • 2005, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2360, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes, page 212:

     […] proposes missionization costs to be borne by the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2006 . The cost of these planes has been outside the original Deepwater plan […]

   • 2007, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations For 2008, Part 1B, FY 2008, 110-1 Hearings, *, page 191:

     While missionization efforts are underway, the aircraft are being flown as logistics and training aircraft. This funding is requested to purchase spare[s] […]

   • 2009, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2010, Part 1B, 111-1, page 510:

     All aircraft are conducting operational missions, with the exception of aircraft undergoing the missionization process.