[きゅうせいぐん, kyuuseigun] (n) Salvation Army; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and
liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of
everlasting happiness.
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To earn salvation for the sons of men. --Milton.
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Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2.
Cor. vii. 10.
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3. Saving power; that which saves.
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Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of
the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. --Ex.
xiv. 13.
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{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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvation Army
n 1: a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and
to care for the poor and homeless
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
