"salvific" meaning in English

See salvific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more salvific [comparative], most salvific [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) + facio (“make”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|salvificus}} Late Latin salvificus, {{uder|en|la|salvus||saved, safe}} Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} salvific (comparative more salvific, superlative most salvific)
  1. (chiefly Catholicism) Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption. Categories (topical): Catholicism Synonyms: salvative Derived forms: salvifical
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