mission

Noun

• a group of representatives or delegates

• the organized work of a religious missionary

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group
  • a confidential mission to London
    
  • his charge was deliver a message
    

• an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
  • the planes were on a bombing mission
    

• an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  deputation , commission , delegation , delegacy , missionary work , charge , military mission , missionary post , missionary station , foreign mission