salvific
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of salvific
1585–95; < Medieval Latin salvificus, equivalent to Latin salv ( us ) safe + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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Mr. Scorsese suggests there is something salvific in crafting a thing of beauty—even when its subject is hell and one of its residents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Given the close links between plastic packaging, the petrochemical industry, and industrial food production, the salvific narrative currently on offer by meat replacements that slot directly into current food systems is suspect, at best.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2022
Neither Peale nor other popular religious voices of his era were easily grouped under a shared banner of salvific self-help and American nationalism.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2016
Why wouldn’t corporations be obvious candidates for supporting salvific work in the world?
From Time • Jul. 1, 2014
Suarez labors in vain to reconcile the sincerity of God's salvific will with the theory of negative reprobation.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
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