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Redemptorist

American  
[ri-demp-ter-ist] / rɪˈdɛmp tər ɪst /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

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

Redemptorist British  
/ rɪˈdɛmptərɪst /

noun

  1. RC Church a member of a religious congregation founded in 1732 to do missionary work among the poor

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Etymology

Origin of Redemptorist

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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