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salvation 音標拼音: [sælv'eʃən] n. 拯救,救助,救世 拯救,救助,救世 salvation n 1: (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil [synonym: {redemption}, {salvation}] 2: a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation" 3: the state of being saved or preserved from harm 4: saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" Salvation \Sal*va"tion\, n. [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See {Save}.] 1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness. [1913 Webster] To earn salvation for the sons of men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2. Cor. vii. 10. [1913 Webster] 3. Saving power; that which saves. [1913 Webster] Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. --Ex. xiv. 13. [1913 Webster] {Salvation Army}, an organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being "General." They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style. [1913 Webster] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "salvation": adoption, circumcision, conservancy, conservation, conservationism, conversion, deliverance, delivery, environmental conservation, extrication, forest conservation, forest management, freeing, keeping, liberation, lifesaving, maintenance, new birth, new life, preserval, preservation, protection, ransom, rebirth, reclamation, recovery, redeemedness, redemption, reformation, regeneration, release, rescue, retrieval, safekeeping, salvage, saving, second birth, soil conservation, spiritual purification, stream conservation, support, sustentation, upkeep, water conservation, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation Salvation This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptians (Ex. 14:13), and of deliverance generally from evil or danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin wrought out by Jesus Christ, "the great salvation" (Heb. 2:3). (See {REDEMPTION}; {REGENERATION}.) |
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