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redemptory

/ɹɪˈdɛm(p)təɹi/

redemptory adjective: paid as ransom; serving to redeem.

Adjective

redemptory (comparative more redemptory, superlative most redemptory)

  1. Paid as ransom; serving to redeem.
    • Omega sings the Exsequies, / And Hector's redemptory prise.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
    Synonyms:
    redeeming

Synonyms of redemptory

Forms of redemptory

comparativemore redemptory
superlativemost redemptory

Questions about redemptory

What does redemptory mean?
Redemptory means paid as ransom; serving to redeem.
What part of speech is redemptory?
Redemptory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce redemptory?
Redemptory is pronounced /ɹɪˈdɛm(p)təɹi/.

Words near redemptory in the dictionary

  1. Redemptorist Church
  2. Redemptoristine
  3. Redemptoristines
  4. Redemptorists
  5. redemptors
  6. redemptory
  7. redemptress
  8. redemptresses
  9. redemptrix
  10. redempture
  11. Redenbaugh

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