Saviour
noun
Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
Saviour
1 British
/ ˈseɪvjə /
noun
saviour
2
British
/ ˈseɪvjə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of saviour
C13 saveour, from Old French, from Church Latin Salvātor the Saviour; see save 1
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Saviour Iwezue traces her environmental awakening to when she was nine years old.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
Under the disputes process the family is supposed to let Saviour carry out the repairs, but they say they don’t trust the company to do the work.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
Saviour Kasukuwere has promised to return to Zimbabwe to campaign but authorities say he faces arrest for alleged past crimes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
But can he pull off the far bigger task ahead, and really be the "saviour" that Labour craves?
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
But he was an unlikely saviour - a man who was rarely in the consciousness of the average football fan.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
He later started projecting a saviour figure rooted in social justice in his movies.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
"Joe is my saviour," says Janice Roscoe, as she plays cards with her paid student companion Joe Skaptason.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
‘Yes, you fool! I will be remembered as the saviour of Rome. Now keep them away while I destroy Gaia!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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