salvific
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of salvific
1585–95; < Medieval Latin salvificus, equivalent to Latin salv ( us ) safe + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
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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
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
That’s the last word of the book, and it’s hard not to think that Ford intends this salvific epiphany sincerely.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2014
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 Arthur Preuss
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