REDEMPTORIST


Meaning of REDEMPTORIST in English

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

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