the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Serving to redeem; paid for ransom.
Of or pertaining to redemption.
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adj. of or relating to or resulting in redemption
Word Usage
"Without the unswerving acceptance of certain truths (e. g., the Messiahship, the Divinity of Christ, the redemptory character of Christ's death, the Resurrection, etc.), there is for St. Paul, as he never fails to make clear in his"