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Synonyms for redemptive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-demp-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdɛmp tɪv |
Définition of redemptive
Origin :- 1640s, from redempt (mid-15c.), adjective from Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redemption) + -ive. Related: Redemptively.
- As in redeeming : adj offsetting
- It is a shame that we would rather be pretty than redemptive.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- Secular work was not yet a part of the redemptive work of the Church.
- Extract from : « The Leaven in a Great City » by Lillian William Betts
- Ransom means something to loosen with; that is, a redemptive price.
- Extract from : « The Harp of God » by J. F. Rutherford
- Love like that I bear you must in some way be redemptive in its nature.
- Extract from : « The Redemption of David Corson » by Charles Frederic Goss
- Much greater stress is laid upon the redemptive than upon the creative function.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
- We have dealt with the Cross as illumination; we now approach its consideration as redemptive power.
- Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
- But His teaching was all in vain unless it led to the final acceptance of His redemptive work.
- Extract from : « The Origin of Paul's Religion » by J. Gresham Machen
- His exaltation is much more than a reward for His redemptive sufferings.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews » by Thomas Charles Edwards
- And it means too, that there will be in a secondary, a minor sense, a redemptive value in my suffering.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Following the Christ » by S. D. Gordon
- Even the church efforts are perfunctory, as though faith as to the redemptive power in this people did not exist.
- Extract from : « The Leaven in a Great City » by Lillian William Betts
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