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SALVATION ARMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salvation Army mean? 

SALVATION ARMY (noun)
  The noun SALVATION ARMY has 1 sense:

1. a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homelessplay

  Familiarity information: SALVATION ARMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SALVATION ARMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Salvation Army" is a kind of...):

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)


 Context examples 


The band on the pier is playing a harsh waltz in good time, and further along the quay there is a Salvation Army meeting in a back street.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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