different between redemptorist vs redeem

English

Etymology

From French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore (“redeemer, savior”) (notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin red?mptor, from red?mptus, perfect passive participle of redim? (“redeem, buy back”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + em? (“buy; gain, take, procure”)) + -ista (“-ist”).

Noun

redemptorist (plural redemptorists)

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

Synonyms

• Liguorian

Related terms

• redeemable
• redeemer
• redemption
• redemptioner
• redemptor
• redemptory

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From French Rédemptoriste, from Italian Redentorista, from redentore (“redeemer, savior”) (notably the Messiah, Christ; from Latin red?mptor, from red?mptus, perfect passive participle of redim? (“redeem, buy back”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + em? (“buy; gain, take, procure”)) + -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?demp?to?rist

Noun

redemptorist m (plural redemptoristen, diminutive redemptoristje n)

1. A redemptorist

Synonyms

• ligorist m
• liguorist m

Derived terms

• redemptoristisch (adjective)
• redemptoristenklooster n
• redemptoristenkerk m or f
• redemptoristenklooster n
• redemptoristenmissie f

Related terms

• redemptie f

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redim? (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + em? (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???di?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m
• Hyphenation: re?deem

Verb

redeem (third-person singular simple present redeems, present participle redeeming, simple past and past participle redeemed)

1. (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
2. (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
3. (transitive) To set free by force.
4. (transitive) To save, rescue
5. (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame
6. (transitive) To expiate, atone (for)
7. (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
8. (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
9. (transitive) To repair, restore
10. (transitive) To reform, change (for the better)
11. (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
12. (transitive, archaic) To reclaim

Synonyms

• (recover ownership): buy back, repurchase

Antonyms

• abandon

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• deemer, reemed