Redeemer Meaning
/rɪˈdim/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who redeems; one who provides redemption.
namehonorific title for Jesus Christ
Sentence Examples
The villagers viewed the brave knight as their long-awaited redeemer.
In many religions, a redeemer is a person who saves others from evil.
Many religious believers look to their redeemer for salvation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hero acted as a ____ by saving the children from the burning building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In Christian theology, Jesus is referred to as the ____ who saves humanity from sin.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English redemer, redemar, equivalent to redeem + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"However there is little doubt that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look for the coming of a great 'redeemer.'"
— 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 137:
"But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums."
— 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 23:
"With no experience in management, little knowledge of life in Scottish football, a dressing room to gut and replace, Gerrard is now cast in the role of Rangers' great redeemer. Whatever fate befalls him, this will not be dull."
— 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hero acted as a ____ by saving the children from the burning building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In Christian theology, Jesus is referred to as the ____ who saves humanity from sin.