salvational

English

Etymology

From salvation +‎ -al.

Adjective

salvational (comparative more salvational, superlative most salvational)

1. Of or pertaining to salvation.
   • 2007 January 8, Edward Rothstein, “Hitchcock, Thrilling the Ears as Well as the Eyes”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And it is that composer’s song (which prevents a suicide) that provides the sole salvational counterpoint to another plot, in which a neighbor murders and dismembers his wife, which Jimmy Stewart discerns from his rear window.

Synonyms

• salvatory

Derived terms

• salvationally