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redemptorist

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Noun — A member of a Roman Catholic religious order dedicated to Jesus as the Redeemer, founded in 1732.

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Traced back through French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore ("redeemer, savior" — notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin redēmptor, from redēmptus, the perfect passive participle of redimō, "redeem, buy back", itself from re-, "back; again", and emō, "buy; gain, take, procure"), combined with -...

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