salvation English · revision 15194

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1200|origins=la-lat salvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sælˈveɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|savacioun]], [[bor|fro|salvaciun]], and directly from [[la-lat|salvātiō]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a Church Latin translation of [[grc|σωτηρία|tr=sōtēría]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) formed from [[m|la-lat|salvō|t=to save]] (see [[save]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The saving of the soul, deliverance from sin and its consequences: about 1200 in Etymonline, probably before 1200 in the Ancrene Riwle in Barnhart, before 1225 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, preservation from destruction, ruin or loss, followed by about 1374, as did a source or means of saving, a person or thing that saves.^(OED 1989) ''Year of salvation'', a year counted from the birth of Christ, is from 1560,^(OED 1989) the phrase ''to work out one's own salvation'' from 1535,^(OED 1989) and transferred and figurative uses from 1886.^(OED 1989) With a capital, it has stood for the [[Salvation Army]] since 1889.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – the saving of the soul.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1374 – preservation from harm.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1535 – to work out one's salvation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1560 – year of salvation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1889 – the Salvation Army.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Christianity)'' Deliverance from the power and penalty of [[sin]]; [[redemption]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Preservation or rescue from harm, ruin or loss.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person or thing that saves someone from harm.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[salvational]]

+ * [[salvationist]]

+ * [[salvationism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salvage]]

+ * [[save]]

+ * [[safe]]

+ * [[salve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}