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noun(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
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"tourism was their economic salvation" "they turned to individualism as their salvation"nouna means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
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"the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"nounsaving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situationtype of:
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nounthe state of being saved or preserved from harmtype of:
Definition that contains salvation
- saving bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- luther German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
- redeeming bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- predestination (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
- redemptive bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- predetermination (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
- last rites a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
- calvinism the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
- salvific pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption
- theravada one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia