Saviour
noun
Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
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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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Crush, a loggerhead turtle, was given life-saving treatment at New Era Veterinary Hospital in St Saviour, Jersey, after she was found extremely weak and suffering from malnutrition.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
Saviour Iwezue traces her environmental awakening to when she was nine years old.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
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
Manchester City "has not only just been a football club for the area. It's a bit of a saviour, to be honest," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The singer added that she hoped to return to acting in future, alongside continuing to make music, which she described as "a best friend" and "a saviour".
From BBC ● May 19, 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
For many Spaniards, the episode sealed Juan Carlos's status as the saviour of their young democracy and the country's rejection of Francoist values.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Our Zeus, the giver of every good gift, the common father and saviour and guardian of mankind.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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