Salvation Army
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3.2
- proper noun
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Ejército de Salvación
- She donated clothes to the Salvation Army to help the less fortunate.
- Salvation Army store
And she said, boys, it's because that's a group called the Salvation Army and they help people that have no home and no food.
- And she said, boys, it's because that's a group called the Salvation Army and they help people that have no home and no food.
- And right there, that moment, I became envious of those kids from the Salvation Army.
- I just do, I know how to go to Goodwill and Salvation Army and garage saling and then flipping things on eBay.
Examples
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And she said, boys, it's because that's a group called the Salvation Army and they help people that have no home and no food.
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The Salvation Army provides meals and shelter for those in need.
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Yeah, well, everything you bought for us, I sent to the Salvation Army.
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The more I pack up and take over to Salvation Army, the better I feel.
Blog text (7) -
In this case, the services of organizations such as the Red Cross or Salvation Army may be needed.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm sure the Salvation Army will take care of you.
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Molly had never been inside the new Salvation Army shelter.
Fiction book (1995) -
In an attempt to help these delinquents, both the Salvation Army and the Green Triangle group established various programs and activities.
Academic text (2011) -
- If you need lodging in San Antonio you should go to the Salvation Army shelter for men.
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Monday nights, the Salvation Army dished out chili at the shelter in the old armory.
Fiction book (1995)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'salvation' (being saved) and 'army' (an organized group) let a learner infer an organized, likely religious group concerned with saving people, so the basic sense is partly derivable. However, as a proper name for a specific charity that provides social services and evangelism, the institutional and service-oriented meaning is culturally specific and not fully predictable from the words alone.
Etymology
The name Salvation Army comes from a church group that joined Salvation, meaning 'saving' people from sin, with Army, meaning a group fighting for a cause. Their leader and helpers saw themselves as soldiers in a fight to help the poor, so today the Salvation Army is a religious group known for giving food, clothes, and shelter to people in need.