redemptionary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
- "[…]be admitted in the said society, but as redemptionaries, which will be very chargeable"
Etymology
From redemption + -ary.