Redemptorist

noun

Re·​demp·​tor·​ist ri-ˈdem(p)-t(ə-)rist 

: a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in Scala, Italy, in 1732 and devoted to preaching

Word History

Etymology

French rédemptoriste, from Late Latin redemptor redeemer, from Latin, contractor, from redimere

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above