re·deem·er

(rĭ-dē′mər)

1. One who redeems.

2. Redeemer Christianity Jesus.

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Redeemer

(rɪˈdiːmə)

(Ecclesiastical Terms) The Redeemer Jesus Christ as having brought redemption to mankind

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re•deem•er

(rɪˈdi mər)

n.

1. a person who redeems.

2. (cap.) Jesus Christ.

[1400–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Redeemer - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene
	2.	redeemer - someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.) money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money

Translations

المُخَلِّص

Vykupitel

Frelseren

Erlöser

frelsarinn, endurlausnarinn

il Redentore liberatore Redentore

frelser

Vykupiteľ

Hz.İsa

救世主耶稣

Redeemer

[rɪˈdiːməʳ] N (Rel) → Redentor m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Redeemer

[rɪˈdiːmə^r] n (= Christ) → Rédempteur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Redeemer

n (Rel) → Erlöser m, → Retter m, → Heiland m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Redeemer

[rɪˈdiːməʳ] n → Redentore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

redeem

(rəˈdiːm) verb

1. to buy back (something that has been pawned). I'm going to redeem my gold watch.

2. to set (a person) free by paying a ransom; (of Jesus Christ) to free (a person) from sin.

3. to compensate for or cancel out the faults of. His willingness to work redeemed him in her eyes.

Reˈdeemer noun

(often with the) Jesus Christ.

redemption (rəˈdempʃən) noun

the redemption of man by Christ.

past/beyond redemption

too bad to be redeemed or improved.

redeeming feature

a good quality that somewhat makes up for the bad qualities in a person or thing.

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For then, the very hardship, and the sorrow, and the blindness, and the sin I have beheld and been ready to weep over--yea, all the anguish of the children of men, which sometimes wraps me round like sudden darkness--I can bear with a willing pain, as if I was sharing the Redeemer's cross.

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The star had shown him where to find the God of the poor; and through humility, and sorrow, and forgiveness, he had gone to his Redeemer's rest.

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"I am not alarmed," he replied; "I have too long foreseen this event, to feel alarmed at my approaching dissolution--no, for that, blessed be my God and my Redeemer, I am in some degree prepared; but I feel it impossible to shake off the feelings of this life while the pulse continues to beat, and yet the emotions I now experience must be in some measure allied to heaven; they are not impure, they are not selfish; nothing can partake of either, dear Charlotte, where your image is connected with the thoughts of a future world."

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And how could I endure to be a man, if man were not also the composer, and riddle-reader, and redeemer of chance!

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Now, sir," said he, "though I do not acknowledge your religion, or you mine, yet we would be glad to see the devil's servants and the subjects of his kingdom taught to know religion; and that they might, at least, hear of God and a Redeemer, and the resurrection, and of a future state--things which we all believe; that they might, at least, be so much nearer coming into the bosom of the true Church than they are now in the public profession of idolatry and devil-worship."

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“John,” said the divine, when the figure of Judge Temple disappeared, the last of the group, “to-morrow is the festival of the nativity of our blessed Redeemer, when the church has appointed prayers and thanksgivings to be offered up by her children, and when all are invited to partake of the mystical elements.

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Bethink ye how sad a thing it would be that the blood of the Redeemer should be spilled to no purpose."

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It was to both their interests, but they ascribed it to a common love for their Redeemer. The meeting was held at the Mission Hall, and the doctor was asked to be chairman.

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Brott, you are the people's man, their promised redeemer. Think of them, the toilers, the oppressed, God's children, groaning under the iniquitous laws of generations of evil statesmanship.

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It is the plaint of Lazarus when, at the sound of the Redeemer's voice, he begins to open his eyes and see the light of day.

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His, under such circumstances, is the destiny of the pioneer; and the first pioneers of the Gospel were the Apostles--their captain was Jesus, the Redeemer, Himself."

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Yet who can speak the simple joy with which some of those poor outcasts, to whom life was a joyless journey to a dark unknown, heard of a compassionate Redeemer and a heavenly home?

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