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salvationary

salvationary adjective: relating to or providing salvation.

Adjective

salvationary (comparative more salvationary, superlative most salvationary)

  1. Relating to or providing salvation.
    • […] formulas of belief […] are only salvationary when they become the outward expression of a surcharged soul whom divine truth has emancipated.1898 July, Maria Weed, “A Millennium League”, in The Midland Monthly, volume 10, number 1, Des Moines, Iowa, page 86
    • 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...1945, Robert W. Service, Ploughman of the Moon: An Adventure into Memory, New York: Dodd, Mead, Book 3, Chapter 8, p. 120
    Synonyms:
    salvatic

Synonyms of salvationary

Forms of salvationary

comparativemore salvationary
superlativemost salvationary

Origin of salvationary

From salvation + -ary.

Questions about salvationary

What does salvationary mean?
Salvationary means relating to or providing salvation.
What part of speech is salvationary?
Salvationary is an adjective.

Words near salvationary in the dictionary

  1. salvation
  2. Salvation Army
  3. salvation Jane
  4. salvational
  5. salvationally
  6. salvationary
  7. salvationed
  8. salvationing
  9. salvationism
  10. salvationisms
  11. salvationist

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