Redemptionist \Re*demp"tion*ist\, n. (R.C.Ch.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also {Trinitarian}.
Trinitarian \Trin`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [Cf. F. trinitaire. See {Trinity}.] Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.
Trinitarian \Trin`i*ta"ri*an\, n. 1. One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.
He also proclaimed a Spanish member of the Trinitarian order, the Rev. Simon de Rojas, among those Catholics who through their life and works are officially recognized by the Church as being in heaven and worthy of honor.