单词 | salvation |
释义 | salvationn. The action of saving or delivering; the state or fact of being saved. 1. a. The saving of the soul; the deliverance from sin and its consequences, and admission to eternal bliss, wrought for man by the atonement of Christ. [ecclesiastical Latin salvatio, rendering Greek σωτηρία.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] healnessc897 heal901 alesenesseOE lesenessOE alesendnessOE healthc1000 alesednessOE berrhlessc1175 i-sundungc1175 salvation?c1225 buyinga1300 savementc1330 yborȝing1340 election1382 savinga1387 safetyc1390 soul healtha1393 redemptiona1400 safenessa1400 curation?c1400 predestinationc1400 gain-buying1435 dilection1570 expeccationa1631 unsinninga1631 soul-savingness1672 inner light1856 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 178 Hwed þe were leouest efter saluaciun. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 126 Sorwe of synnes is sauacioun of soules. 14.. T. Hoccleve Ad Beatam Virginem 53 O spryng and welle of our sauuacioun. ?c1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Arms) l. 17958 His owne sone shal he sende doun In erþe to monnes saluatioun. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 92 Some act that hath no relish Of saluation in't. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 245 The joyes of Life Eternall, are in Scripture comprehended all under the name of Salvation, or being saved. 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 13 Feb. (1965) I. 22 His first Wife..ventur'd her own Salvation to secure his. 1738–9 Bp. J. Butler Serm. S.P.G. 9 It is indeed true, God willeth that all men should be saved: yet..the Salvation of every man cannot but depend upon his Behaviour. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 12 Men who believed that the pale of salvation was open for them exclusively. 1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables ix. 150 The whole economy of salvation has been put into his hands. b. in formulas of asseveration. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 332 (381) God so wys be my sauacioun. c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 58 By my sauacion I trowe lewedly he wolde telle his tale. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 I assure you (vpon my saluation) 'tis true. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. ii. ii. 154 Foure thousand Spaniards (for so the prisoner that we tooke deliuered them to be upon his saluation). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > of specific calendar > particular year in specific calendar the year of Christc1392 yeara1500 year of (man's) salvation1560 working year1722 the Millennium1991 the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > period with own chronological system or era > particular year in Christian era year of gracec1325 (in) the year of our Lord (also our Lord God, our Lord's incarnation)1389 the year of Christc1392 Anno Dom.1438 year1482 anno1484 Anno Domini1485 the year of (our) redemption1513 A.D.1556 year of (man's) salvation1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxv In the yeare of mans saluation . m.c.lxxi. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 624 About the yeere of Salvation 1328. d. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1886 Times 14 May 9/5 Mr. Campbell-Bannerman ‘found salvation’ in the shape of a conviction of the necessity of Home Rule, some time after the general election. e. to work out (one's own) salvation; frequently figurative, to be independent or self-reliant in striving towards one's goal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] > be self-sufficient to suffice to oneselfc1475 to shift for oneselfa1513 to work out (one's own) salvation1535 reside1610 to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) feet1621 to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) legs1623 shirk1843 to fish for oneself1867 to live on one's hump1909 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Phil. ii. 12 Euen so worke out youre awne saluacion with feare and tremblynge. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 86 With Crosses, Relicks, Crucifixes, Beads, Pictures, Rosaries and Pixes: The Tools of working out Salvation, By meer Mechanick Operation. 1818 J. Keats Let. 9 Oct. (1931) I. 243 The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. 1881 T. W. R. Davids tr. Buddhist Suttas i. vi. 114 Decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence! 1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 88 Only those who have worked out their own photographic salvation can realize the difficulties to be overcome. 1911 L. T. Hobhouse Liberalism iv. 80 Let every people be free to work out its own salvation. 1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial x. 210 It is for other Muslims to work out their salvation for themselves as may seem good to them. 1957 A. Thwaite Ess. Contemp. Eng. Poetry ix. 142 His [sc. Robert Graves'] self-imposed isolation from English literary life has left him free to work out his own poetic salvation and to take an idiosyncratic view of what everyone else is writing. 1981 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 14/3 There are those..who resist the radicals' attempts to force their ‘rights’ upon them, and prefer to work out their own salvation. f. (With initial capital.) elliptical for (a member of) the Salvation Army. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person soldier1876 salvationist1882 salvation1889 Salvationer1889 Salvo1896 Sally1936 1889 Longman's Mag. Feb. 407 My father says he is shamed to be called an Inglishman when he sees how the Salvation is knocked about and prossecuted. He says people will hold a drunken man up, but will knock a Salvation down. 2. gen. Preservation from destruction, ruin, loss, or calamity. In modern use chiefly with more or less allusion to sense 1. †for or in salvation of: in order to save or preserve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] alesingOE liverisona1225 deliverancec1300 healtha1325 redemptiona1325 deliveringc1330 savementc1330 salvationc1374 savinga1387 rescousc1390 rescuec1400 winningc1400 rescuingc1405 acquittancec1430 rescours1439 saveage1507 deliveration1509 deliverya1513 riddancea1530 liverance1553 rescousing1605 vindication1613 out-takinga1617 acquittal1619 vindicating1624 deliverancy1641 safety1654 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] salvationc1374 preservation?a1425 servation1521 preserval1639 retention1799 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. iv. 10 Shal I clepe it..a synne þat I haue desired the sauacion of the ordre of the senat. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 208 That he shulde drenche Lorde and lady, grome and wenche, Of all the Troian nacion Withoute any savacion. 1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 I havyng doute of harme of my body, in myn entent for salvation of myself dyd assemble thise persones. c1430 Brut 438 To gouerne and kepe the londe..in sauacion of his pepull and good kepynge of his Rewme. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxix. 317 The lady drowe to a bord, the which bare hire to þe londe; And þe maister tooke an othir bord, and so passid to þe londe, But neither of hem knewe of otheris saluacion. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 307 In any thyng that he canne doo tochyng the savacyon of the dedys gode, othere in lyflode othere in othere godys, he sayth that he wyll doo. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 52/1 [Your Petitioner] in salvation of his lyffe..came forth and submitted hym to the said Riottours. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iiiiv The wyfe may doe this for saluacyon of the state of the wardeyne in chiualry. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xiv. 45 Shall Ionathan die, who hath wrought this great saluation in Israel? View more context for this quotation 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 18 The remedy..to which I owe the salvation of numbers, is cold bathing. 1840 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VIII. lxii. 309 Many a Bourgoyne has capitulated because the means of salvation were not..put into his hands. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 34 When men have a purse and a skin, they seek salvation at least for these. 1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 44 What then do you think would have been the regard of the government..for personal liberty, if it interfered with..the salvation of the state? 1898 Daily News 30 Sept. 2/3 He thought the salvation of the District Company,..depended to a certain extent on the substitution of electricity for steam. 3. A source, cause or means of salvation; a person or thing that saves. Now chiefly in to be the salvation of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of salvationc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 213 My right lady, my sauacyon. c1440 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 42 Hors in cronyclis, wo-so looke a-riht, Hav be savacion to many a worthi knyht. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xxvii. 1 The Lorde is my lyght, and my saluacion. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 15 The talents and even the virtues of her first six French Kings were a curse to her. The follies and vices of the seventh were her salvation. 1878 M. L. Holbrook Hygiene Brain 62 Sleep is the salvation of the nervous system. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. salvation banner n. ΚΠ 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 33 One or two whose love is not unfurled Like a salvation banner to the world. salvation-monger n. ΚΠ 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. viii. 345 The arch-heretic Arminius, the salvation-monger. salvation-work n. ΚΠ 1656 T. Watson One Thing Necessary 9 Salvation-work is difficult in regard of the deceits about the work. b. salvation-contemning adj. ΚΠ 1919 R. Kipling Years Between 63. Drunk with enormous, salvation-contemning Love for a tinker. C2. salvation history n. = Heilsgeschichte n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > history of Heilsgeschichte1938 salvation history1959 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. (Relig. Bks. section) p. vi/4 Such people are also rejecting the Incarnation, Crucifixion and Resurrection as events in ‘salvation-history’. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Aug. 628/2 It is also true that historical facts become objects of religious faith only when they belong to salvation-history and are part of the kerygma, the proclamation of the gospel, which presents them as sources and types of the redemption offered to mankind. 1977 E. Quinn tr. Küng & Lapide Brother or Lord 20 We ought to ask..how far the Jew..can help us to reach a more authentic understanding of Jesus: an understanding which brings home to us afresh the continuity of salvation history. Salvation Jane n. = Paterson's curse n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > Paterson's curse Paterson's curse1904 Salvation Jane1911 1911 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. S. Austral. 15 305 (heading) Salvation Jane. 1912 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. S. Austral. 15 679 I went to considerable trouble..in cutting down every plant of ‘Salvation Jane’ on a portion of my farm. 1935 Lady Rockley Wild Flowers Great Dominions Brit. Empire 5 There are tracts in South Australia covered with the common British Viper's Bugloss..but there it is a noxious weed, reprobated by the local name of ‘Salvation Jane’. 1970 P. W. Michael in R. M. Moore Austral. Grasslands xxiii. 356/2 Phalaris tuberosa has been shown to give excellent control of Salvation Jane or Patersons's curse in south-eastern South Australia. Salvation lassie n. = lass n. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female Hallelujah Lass1878 lass1886 Salvation lassie1891 poke bonnet1899 lassie1906 1891 A. James Diary 7 Apr. (1965) 188 Lifting up her voice in prayer as she knelt among the Salvation lassies. 1972 P. M. Hubbard Whisper in Glen iv. 34 These slight, intense men had to have their pound of flesh, whether it was a blowsy trollop..or a Salvation lassie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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