salvific
/sælˈvɪf.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption.
Example Sentences
- "Less well recognized, however, is the central role played in much of early medieval Pure Land Buddhism by deathbed practices and accompanying beliefs about the radical salvific power of one's last nenbutsu, whether understood as the contemplation of the Buddha Amitābha (or Amitāyus, Jpn. Amida) or the invocation of his name."
- "2012, Magdalen Ross (translator), Athanasius Schneider, 7: Adoration and the Sacred Liturgy, Alcuin Reid (editor), From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization, Continuum Books (Burns & Oates), page 84, The fragrance [of this sacrifice] is the most pleasing perfume, the most holy, the most salvific and the most beautiful; […] ."
- "[…]participation in the liturgy is more salvific than the reading of the Bible; the performance of cult is more important than charitable giving."
- "2019, Ernest L. Gibson, Salvific Manhood, University of Nebraska Press, page 93, Nevertheless, as this love truly begins to show itself, as the men became more salvific for each other, David pulls back."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more salvific (comparative)
most salvific (superlative)