Dictionary

Redemptorist en · NOUN

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

Redemptorist Church

Relateds

redemptor · redemption · redeemer · redemptory · redeemable · redemptioner

Synonyms

Liguorian

Translations (8)

nl Redemptorist (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · es redentorista (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · it redentorista (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · hu redemptorista (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · de Redemptorist (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · fr Redemptoriste (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · it liguorino (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) · hu liguriánus (member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)