redemptionaryn.adj.
/rᵻˈdɛm(p)ʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈdɛm(p)ʃəˌnɛri/, /riˈdɛm(p)ʃəˌnɛri/ = redemptioner n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > other types of member
fellowc1405
entrant1560
redemptionary1583
honorary1675
confrere1753
constituent1755
corresponding member1772
new (also fresh) blood1782
life member1813
young blood1830
old guard1841
cardholder1869
hardcore1922
fully paid-up member1960
teleocrat1971
1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes v. sig. F.jv None..are to be admitted in the said society, but as Redemptionaries, which wil be very chargeable.
B. adj.
Characterized by, resulting from, or bringing about redemption.In quot. 1623: designating a redemptioner (redemptioner n. 1).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > relating to buying back or exchange
redemptory1584
redemptionary1623
see-safe1926
buy-back1954
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective]
soul-saving1585
redemptionary1623
redemptional1787
redemptorial1826
salvational1859
soterial1879
salvationist1934
1623 T. Powell Wheresoeuer you see Mee 14 (heading) The Citizen, a Redemptionary Freeman, his Method.
1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya IV. l. iv. 386 If the master be the Akila, it would follow that no option be allowed to him between putting away the slave and paying the redemptionary atonement for him.
1863 Times 18 Mar. 1/2 The affliction is great, indeed. How submissively—it may be redemptionary of the past.
1953 Pacific Reporter (Lexis) 2nd Ser. 259 254 After the redemptionary period had expired and after issuance of Sheriff's deed.
2000 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Guide section) 14 This is a curious mixture of black—or noirish—comedy and social realism which begins with a jolt and subsides into a kind of redemptionary warmth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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