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.
2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the
bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
To earn salvation for the sons of men.
Milton. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.
2. Cor. vii. 10. 3. Saving power; that which saves.
Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will
show to you
to-day.
Ex. xiv. 13. 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.
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