Redemptorist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redemptorist \Re*demp"tor*ist\ (-t?r*?st), n. [F.
     r['e]demptoriste, fr. L. redemptor redeemer, from redinere.
     See {Redeem}.] (R.C.Ch.)
     One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in
     Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was
     introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The


     Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to
     the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are
     forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of
     youth.
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