salvific

1. 1.

   pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption

Questions about salvific

What does salvific mean?

salvific means "pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption".

How many syllables are in salvific?

salvific has 3 syllables and divides as sal-vi-fic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is salvific a common word?

salvific is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.