Main Entry: Re·demp·tor·ist

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈdem(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