Definition for
salvation
noun – Preservation from destruction, danger, or calamity; deliverance.
noun – In theology, deliverance from the power and penalty of sin.
noun – Source, cause, or means of preservation from some danger or evil.
noun – The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
noun – The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
noun – Saving power; that which saves.
noun – 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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