Salvationary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Salvationary is an adjective meaning Relating to or providing salvation.
Meaning
Relating to or providing salvation.
Example Sentences
[…] formulas of belief […] are only salvationary when they become the outward expression of a surcharged soul whom divine truth has emancipated.
International organization […] was here portrayed as a magic spell that would make all previous politics and diplomacy obsolete. ¶ These salvationary hopes were based on the illusion that the American-Soviet-British alliance, which had won World War II, would command the future.
Mugson had a rich Uncle Archie who had married a lady evangelist. “Aunt Tibbie is so keen on saving souls,” he told us, “she is positively dangerous. She regards every one of us as a prospect for her salvationary lust; although she has not really saved Uncle Archie, as it would be detrimental to his business.”
Synonyms for salvationary
Depending on context, synonyms include salvatic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include salvational, salvationist, salvative, salvifical, salvatic, soterial.
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