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redemptive, a.|rɪˈdɛm(p)tɪv|
[ad. L. type *redemptīv-us: see redempt and -ive.]
Tending to redeem, redeeming.
1647M. Hudson Div. Right Govt. Introd. 7 Redemptive Divine Right is that which is grounded upon the will of God concerning the manifestation of his mercy in the preservation of Man-kind. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 250 The Redemptive Act, as the transcendant cause of salvation. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. xii. (1884) 414 These silent and patient processes..are the early stages in the redemptive work. |