Redemptorist

Origin

From French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore ("redeemer, savior") (notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin redēmptor, from redēmptus, perfect passive participle of redimō ("redeem, buy back"), itself from re- ("back; again") + emō ("buy; gain, take, procure")) + -ista ("-ist").

Full definition of redemptorist

Noun

1. 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

Related terms

• redeemable
• redeemer
• redemption
• redemptioner
• redemptor
• redemptory