soteriology
/səʊtɪəɹɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/noun
soteriology is a noun meaning “The study or doctrine of salvation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-T-E-R-I-O-L-O-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of soteriology is soteriologies.
What does soteriology mean?
noun
- 1
The study or doctrine of salvation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce soteriology?
- /səʊtɪəɹɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-soteriology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of soteriology
- soteriologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is soteriology?
Soteriology appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Soteriology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of salvation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sotériologie |
| German | Soteriologie |
| Portuguese | soteriologia |
| Spanish | soteriología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does soteriology come from?
From Ancient Greek σωτηρία (sōtēría, “salvation”) + -ology, from σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “savior”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).