Definition of Ransomed

1. Adjective. Saved from the bondage of sin.

Exact synonyms: Redeemed
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Similar to: Saved

2. Adjective. Reclaimed by payment of a ransom.
Similar to: Saved

Definition of Ransomed

1. Verb. (past of ransom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ransomed

1. ransom [v] - See also: ransom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ransomed

ranpike
ranpikes
ransack
ransacked
ransacker
ransackers
ransacking
ransacks
ransel
ransels
ranseur
ranseurs
ransom
ransom money
ransomable
ransomed (current term)
ransomer
ransomers
ransoming
ransomite
ransomless
ransoms
ransomware
rant
rantallions
ranted
ranter
ranters
rantes

Literary usage of Ransomed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"If, therefore, the ransomed vessel should founder at sea, or be wrecked, ... If the ransomed vessel should exceed the time, or deviate from the course, ..."

2. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"If, therefore, the ransomed vessel should founder at sea, or be wrecked, ... If the ransomed vessel should exceed the time, or deviate from the course, ..."

3. Halleck's International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States by Henry Wager Halleck, Sherston Baker (1878)
"If, therefore, the ransomed vessel should founder at sea, or be wrecked, ... If the ransomed vessel should exceed the time, or deviate from the course, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Thence Chaucer was ransomed by the king, who, when the Lady Elizabeth died, took over her page, and later (1367) pensioned him for life. ..."

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