Definition of Redemptorist
: 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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Origin and Etymology of redemptorist
French rédemptoriste, from Late Latin redemptor redeemer, from Latin, contractor, from redimere
First Known Use: 1835
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