redemptionary

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noun

One who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions.

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Meanings

nounredemptionary (plural redemptionaries)

plural redemptionaries

  1. One who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions.

    […]be admitted in the said society, but as redemptionaries, which will be very chargeable

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin

From redemption + -ary.

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APA

redemptionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redemptionary

MLA

“redemptionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redemptionary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redemptionary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redemptionary.

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