Redemptioner vs Redemptorist - What's the difference?
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An immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, that gained passage to America by selling themselves as an indentured servant.
Someone who redeems oneself, such as from debt or servitude.
A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori