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Meaning of 'redemptionist' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Redemptionist [ n.]
- A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.

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