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redemptionary

redemptionary noun: one who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions.

Noun

redemptionary (plural redemptionaries)

  1. One who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions.
    • […]be admitted in the said society, but as redemptionaries, which will be very chargeable1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Forms of redemptionary

pluralredemptionaries

Origin of redemptionary

From redemption + -ary.

Questions about redemptionary

What does redemptionary mean?
Redemptionary means one who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions.
What part of speech is redemptionary?
Redemptionary is a noun.
What is the plural of redemptionary?
The plural of redemptionary is redemptionaries.

Words near redemptionary in the dictionary

  1. redemption prices
  2. redemption value
  3. redemption values
  4. redemptional
  5. redemptionaries
  6. redemptionary
  7. redemptioner
  8. redemptioners
  9. redemptionism
  10. redemptionisms
  11. redemptionist

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