Missioiden

Missioiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun missio, a loanword from Latin missio meaning a sending or mission. In Finnish, missio denotes a mission or missionary endeavor and is commonly used in religious contexts to describe missionary work, but it can also refer to organizational or project missions more generally. The genitive plural missioiden is used to express “of the missions” or “the missions’,” often in compounds or as part of noun phrases such as missioiden tavoitteet (the goals of the missions) or missioiden rahoitus (the financing of the missions). The form follows Finnish orthography and the general pattern that many -io nouns take the genitive plural ending -iden.

In academic and ecclesiastical contexts, missioiden appears in discussions of missiology (the study of mission strategy and theology). The related phrase Missio Dei appears in theological literature, usually kept in Latin, though Finnish translations sometimes use Missio Dei.

Notes: missioiden is not a separate meaning but a grammatical form; its usage is largely limited to contexts involving multiple missions.

See also: missio, missiologia, Missio Dei.