Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redemptory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redemptory \Re*demp"to*ry\ (-t?*r?), a.
Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. ``Hector's redemptory
price.'' --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redemptory
adj : of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive
theory about life"- E.K.Brown [syn: {redemptive}, {redemptional}]
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