Pronunciation: ri- ' dem(p)-t( ə -)rist
Function: noun
Etymology: French rédemptoriste, from Late Latin redemptor redeemer, from Latin, contractor, from redimere
Date: 1835
: a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in Scala, Italy, in 1732 and devoted to preaching