redemptor
redemptor noun: one who redeems (especially used of Jesus).
Noun
redemptor (plural redemptors)
- One who redeems (especially used of Jesus).
- Ryght swet lady and sacred mayden mother of the savyour and redemptor Jesu Chryst what syne myght I have commysed towarde thy dere sonne Jesu Christ that .vii. dogges ben yssued out of my bodi wherbi I have lost the love of my husband the moste pleasaunt and the best that ever woman might have...1512, The History of Helyas, Knight of the Swan. From the Edition Printed by Copland. (William J[ohn] Thoms, editor, A Collection of Early Prose Romances; III), London: William Pickering, […]...
- Nor this deth is graunted / nat vnto euery man // Whiche coueyte for to dye: for Chriſt our ſauyour // Some wold fayne be martyrs / by ſwerde / but they ne can // That is a ſpecy all grace / of our dere redemptour // But this ſayd other deth / to vanquyſſhe all errour // To tame this frayle body /...[1518?], Domynike Mancyn, “Howe no couetous wretche can haue the trewe vertu of magnanimite”, in Alexander Bercley, transl., […] The Myrrour of Good Maners / Cõteynyng the .iiii. Vertues / Called...
- Synonyms:
- redeemer
Examples of redemptor in a sentence
- And the redemptor ſ hall come to Sion,and vnto thẽ that turne frõ their vvickednes in Iacob.1574, Iohn Caluine, translated by Thomas Norton, The Institution of Christian Religion, London: […] [T]he widowe of Reginalde Wolffe:
- And, having found it, now, O redemptor of the flesh of swine, let us on.1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter XI, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, book fifth...
- Its redeemability converts the redemptors into rent-chargers, and, according to an official report quoted in Mr.1896 July 18, The Speaker: A Review of Politics, Letters, Science, and the Arts, volume XIV, London: […], page 53, column 2:
Synonyms of redemptor
Forms of redemptor
| plural | redemptors |
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Origin of redemptor
From Middle English redemptor, redemptoure, from Old French redemptor, from Latin redēmptor.
Words formed from redemptor
Questions about redemptor
- What does redemptor mean?
- Redemptor means one who redeems (especially used of Jesus).
- How do you use redemptor in a sentence?
- And the redemptor ſ hall come to Sion,and vnto thẽ that turne frõ their vvickednes in Iacob.
- What part of speech is redemptor?
- Redemptor is a noun.
- What is the plural of redemptor?
- The plural of redemptor is redemptors.
Words near redemptor in the dictionary
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