Redemptorist
[ ri-demp-ter-ist ]
/ rɪˈdɛmp tər ɪst /
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noun Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
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Redemptorist
/ (rɪˈdɛmptərɪst) /
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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