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Salvation Army

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Sal·va·tion Army  (sl-vshn)
n.
An international evangelical and charitable organization founded in 1865 by William Booth as a London revival society and renamed in 1878.

Salvation Army
n
(Christianity / Protestantism)
a.  a Christian body founded in 1865 by William Booth and organized on quasi-military lines for evangelism and social work among the poor
b.  (as modifier) the Salvation Army Hymn Book
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Noun1.Salvation Army - a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homelessSalvation Army - a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless
NGO, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
Translations
Salvation Army
nHeilsarmee f
attr hostel, band, meetingder Heilsarmee
Salvation Army n the Salvation Armyl'Esercito della Salvezza


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"MY friend," said a distinguished officer of the Salvation Army, to a Most Wicked Sinner, "I was once a drunkard, a thief, an assassin.
They thought of the Salvation Army with its braying trumpets and its drums.
The church bells were ringing for evensong, and a squad of Salvation Army lassies came singing down Waterloo Road.
 
 
 
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