Crossword clues for salvation army
salvation army
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salvation \Sal*va"tion\, n. [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]
The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
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(Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
To earn salvation for the sons of men.
--Milton.Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.
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Saving power; that which saves.
Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day.
--Ex. xiv. 13.Salvation Army, 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.
Usage examples of "salvation army".
An agent of the KGB, the CIA, the Black Muslims, the Albanians, or the Salvation Army?
I simply wanted to be paid so that I could hurry home to Margrethe - to the Salvation Army mission, that is.
I simply wanted to be paid so that I could hurry home to Margrethe -- to the Salvation Army mission, that is.
The chairs looked like rejects from both the Goodwill and Salvation Army stores.
So the Salvation army was forced into useful work--old clothes depots, nights lodgings, Christmas dinners, farm colonies--until today the bare list of the various kinds of enterprises it carries on fills three printed pages.
The Salvation Army Sisterhood gets results, even if you have to look away and block your ears while they’.
The founder of this remarkable organisation was a Spanish soldier who after a life of unholy adventures had been converted and thereupon felt himself bound to serve the church just as many former sinners, who have been shown the errors of their way by the Salvation Army, devote the remaining years of their lives to the task of aiding and consoling those who are less fortunate.