Redemptorist
See also: redemptorist
English
editEtymology
editFrom French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore (“redeemer, savior”) (notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin redēmptor, from redēmptus, perfect passive participle of redimō (“redeem, buy back”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”)) + -ista (“-ist”).
Noun
editRedemptorist (plural Redemptorists)
- A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori
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editmember of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
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