salvific
adjective
sal·vif·ic sal-ˈvi-fik 
: having the intent or power to save or redeem
the salvific life and death of Christ
E. A. Walsh
E. A. Walsh
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But Whitehead literalized the metaphor, and Jenkins corroborates that pomposity, neglecting black spirituality, blunting any poetic, salvific beauty of liberation. Armond White, National Review, 12 May 2021 By depicting this historical atrocity and recasting it within a salvific Black narrative, with Black heroes ready to fight, these stories offer a way, much like the blues, to transcend pain not by evading it but by making it into art. New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021 Yet those salvific moves haven’t eased the ethnic tension, economic challenges, and institutional corruption that has bedeviled the nation. Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, 24 June 2019 That meaning gained will remain for the living to have, and can be salvific. John Crowley, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019 Unfortunately, Senator Murphy’s belief in the cleansing, salvific power of the state is not at all foreign to American politics — not even close. Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 28 July 2017
Armond White, National Review, 12 May 2021 By depicting this historical atrocity and recasting it within a salvific Black narrative, with Black heroes ready to fight, these stories offer a way, much like the blues, to transcend pain not by evading it but by making it into art. New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021 Yet those salvific moves haven’t eased the ethnic tension, economic challenges, and institutional corruption that has bedeviled the nation. Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, 24 June 2019 That meaning gained will remain for the living to have, and can be salvific. John Crowley, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019 Unfortunately, Senator Murphy’s belief in the cleansing, salvific power of the state is not at all foreign to American politics — not even close. Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 28 July 2017 Word History
Etymology
Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus safe + -ficus -fic
First Known Use
1591, in the meaning defined above
- for a rainy day
- for a song
- for a start
- for all
- for all (someone) cares
- for all cares
- for all intents and purposes
- for all one is worth
- for all one knows
- for all practical purposes
- for all someone cares
- for all someone is worth
- for all that
- for all the world
- for and
- for any length of time
- for anything
- for as long as one can remember
- for aught one knows
- for aye
- for better or (for) worse
- for better or for worse
- for better or worse
- for certain
- for cheap