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Redemptorist

[ ri-demp-ter-ist ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.


Redemptorist

/ rɪˈdɛmptərɪst /

noun

  1. RC Church a member of a religious congregation founded in 1732 to do missionary work among the poor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Redemptorist1

1825–35; < French rédemptoriste < Late Latin redēmptor ( Latin redēm-, variant stem of redimere to redeem + -tor -tor; emptor ) + French -iste -ist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Redemptorist1

C19: from French redemptoriste , from Old French or Latin redemptor , from Latin redimere , see redeem
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Example Sentences

He was professed as a Redemptorist in 1950, and ordained a priest seven years later.

My primary education was obtained, up until the seventh grade, at Redemptorist Grammar School.

We were then students at the preparatory college of the Redemptorist order.

A silver plate on the brick house next door says Redemptorist Fathers.

Having soon after joined the Redemptorist congregation, Father Dechamps made his novitiate in 1835.

Thereupon Richard confirmed the promise he had made of contributing five hundred ducats to the funds of the Redemptorist fathers.

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