Re-dēmpt'or-ist, n.

n. [Fr. rédemptoriste, from Lat. redemptor, redeemer, from redimere. See REDEEM.] (Rom. Cath. Church.) One of a religious order, founded in Naples in 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori. It was introduced into the United States in 1841. The priests of the order devote themselves to the spiritual wants of the German portion of the population, and there are also brothers who direct parish schools.