Redemptorist

[ri-demp-ter-ist]

noun Roman Catholic Church.

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

Origin of Redemptorist

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

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Examples from the Web for redemptorist

Contemporary Examples of redemptorist

He was professed as a Redemptorist in 1950, and ordained a priest seven years later.
Week in Death: The Peacemaker Priest
The Telegraph
November 24, 2013

Historical Examples of redemptorist

Finally, the Redemptorist father came to Spain with me, and fifty other ransomed Christians.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Thereupon Richard confirmed the promise he had made of contributing five hundred ducats to the funds of the Redemptorist fathers.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A silver plate on the brick house next door says Redemptorist Fathers.
Plum Pudding
Christopher Morley
Having soon after joined the Redemptorist congregation, Father Dechamps made his novitiate in 1835.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various
We were then students at the preparatory college of the Redemptorist order.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886
Various

British Dictionary definitions for redemptorist

Redemptorist

noun

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

Word Origin for Redemptorist

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

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Word Origin and History for redemptorist

Redemptorist

member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (founded Naples, 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori), 1835 in English. Fem. form is Redemptoristine.