savingnessn.
/ˈseɪvɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈseɪvɪŋnᵻs/ 1. Theology. The quality of bringing about salvation or redemption.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > promotion of
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1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 325 Sauingnesse of repentance, as of faith, consists not in the measure and muchnesse; but in the sinceritie and truth.
a1677 T. Manton Christs Eternal Exist. (1685) vii. 193 Now if the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him, who gave this Covenant, we cannot deny either the certainty or the perfection, or the savingness of it.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Savingness,..2. Tendency to promote eternal salvation.
1848 T. Brown tr. H. Olhausen Biblical Comm. on New Test. II. (Matt. xiv. 20, 21) 185 The union of this savingness and care with creative power, is something so peculiar, that it impresses..a heavenly character on the narrative.
a1895 J. P. Coyle Imperial Christ (1896) iii. 39 To deny..the right to know Jesus in his origin is to cripple the knowledge of him, and hinder somewhat the savingness of the faith which is founded upon that knowledge.
1920 E. L. House Glory of going On xiii. 255 This love took them out of their provincialism, littleness and weakness, to God's world-likeness, bigness and savingness.
2005 J. W. Farwell This is Night 167 The enormous mystery at the heart of Christianity—the ‘savingness’ of Christ for us—is of such significance..that no single theory..is adequate to its breadth or depth.
2. The quality of being sparing or frugal; thrift, parsimony. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun]
sparing1377
sparingc1386
spelingc1420
parsimony?a1475
parcity1509
frugality1531
spare1577
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sparingness1579
sparefulnessa1586
savingness1668
frugalness1727
spareness1826
chariness1849
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Alphabet. Dict. in Ess. Real Char. sig. Ooo3 Savingness, frugality.
1822 Times 9 Oct. 2/5 A gentleman who is said to have amassed a large fortune..and to be even more remarkable for the savingness of his habits than for the extent of his resources.
1876 A. J. Evans Through Bosnia i. 32 The savingness of the race was noticeable in their clothing, which was the same they had brought with them from Bulgaria.
1919 Muskogee (Okla.) Times-Democrat 22 Aug. 14/1 (advt.) You should practice a savingness in your purchasing and in your cooking.
1979 Texas Monthly May 150/1 Among us brethren of the ruddy neck, savingness and salvage have never lost their currency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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