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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Salvation \Sal*va"tion\, n. [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F.
   salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See {Save}.]
   1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from
      destruction, danger, or great calamity.

   2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and
      liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of
      everlasting happiness.

            To earn salvation for the sons of men. --Milton.

            Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2.
                                                  Cor. vii. 10.

   3. Saving power; that which saves.

            Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of
            the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. --Ex.
                                                  xiv. 13.

   {Salvation Army}, an organization for prosecuting the work of
      Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded
      populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded
      in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male
      and female, have military titles according to rank, that
      of the chief being ``General.'' They wear a uniform, and
      in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi
      military style.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Salvation Army
     n : a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to
         care for the poor and homeless