salvific

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) + facio (“make”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sælˈvɪf.ɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪfɪk === Adjective === salvific (comparative more salvific, superlative most salvific) (chiefly Catholicism) Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption. 2012, Magdalen Ross (translator), Athanasius Schneider, 7: Adoration and the Sacred Liturgy, Alcuin Reid (editor), From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization, Continuum Books (Burns & Oates), page 84, The fragrance [of this sacrifice][Christ's, on the Cross] is the most pleasing perfume, the most holy, the most salvific and the most beautiful; […] . 2019, Ernest L. Gibson, Salvific Manhood, University of Nebraska Press, page 93, Nevertheless, as this love truly begins to show itself, as the men became[sic] more salvific for each other, David pulls back. ==== Synonyms ==== salvative ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====