匡きょう救きゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

deliverance from sin; succor

Archaic literary term for saving someone from sin or providing aid, often in a religious or moral context. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 古こ典てんでは、神かみが民たみを匡きょう救きゅうするという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In classical texts, one finds expressions like 'God delivers the people from sin.'