redemptorist
Meaning
Noun
- 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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Origin
- From French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore (notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin redēmptor, from redēmptus, perfect passive participle of redimō, itself from re- + emō) + -ista.
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