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saviour

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sav·iour  (svyr)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of savior.

saviour US, savior [ˈseɪvjə]
n
a person who rescues another person or a thing from danger or harm
[C13 saveour, from Old French, from Church Latin Salvātor the Saviour; see save1]

Saviour US, Savior [ˈseɪvjə]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.saviourSaviour - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
2.savioursaviour - a person who rescues you from harm or danger
messiah, christ - any expected deliverer
benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

saviour
noun rescuer, deliverer, defender, guardian, salvation, protector, liberator, Good Samaritan, redeemer, preserver, knight in shining armour, friend in need the saviour of his country

Saviour
noun Christ, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, the Messiah, the Son of God, the Redeemer, the King of Kings the vast Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Translations
saviour savior (US) [ˈseɪvjəʳ] Nsalvador(a) m/f
SaviourSalvador m
saviour [ˈseɪvjər] (British) savior (US) nsauveur m
saviour, (US) savior
nRetter(in) m(f); (Rel also) → Erlöser m, → Heiland m; Our Saviourunser Erlöser
saviour savior (Am) [ˈseɪvjəʳ] nsalvatore/trice
saviour savior (Am) [ˈseɪvjəʳ] nsalvatore/trice


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To be sure, we can't help knowing something about God, even if we've never heard the Gospel, the good news that our Saviour brought us.
She let her saviour settle her comfortably, and he watched the coming on of another crisis of weeping, still more violent than the first.
The two thieves were dressed in the fanciful court costumes of the middle of the sixteenth century, while the Saviour was nude, with the exception of a cloth around the loins.
 
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