Salvationist
noun
Sal·va·tion·ist
sal-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nist 
1
: a soldier or officer of the Salvation Army
2
often not capitalized
: evangelist sense 2
salvationist
adjective
often capitalized
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After that wife died, the fifty-year-old farmer, James Kennedy, married the fifteen-year-old Minnie, who soon had a daughter to take with her to Salvationist meetings.
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Salvationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Salvationist. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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