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Redemptorists

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Redemptorist

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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

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