Saviour
noun
Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
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Saviour
1 British
/ ˈseɪvjə /
noun
saviour
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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
The company that carried out the work on Mrs Khatun’s house, Saviour Energy Solutions, is Trustmark-registered.
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
Lansing’s Protestant chaplain, the Reverend James Post, so valued it that he hung it in his office, where it hangs still: a slick and pretty Saviour, with Willie-Jay’s full lips and grieving eyes.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
By that time, we may have a better idea of whether Liverpool's saviour has been able to work his wonders with Germany.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
When they were behind against Norway in the quarter-final, Bellingham was the saviour with two goals.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead of scoring the goals to lift Nottingham Forest closer to safety, Morgan Gibbs-White could have been Tottenham's saviour.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
It allows Lamine Yamal to grow inside a collective, not under the suffocating expectation of being saviour.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
‘Trying to steal my glory, eh? No, no, son of Pluto. I am the saviour of Rome. I was promised!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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