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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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
"This heat is very serious and it's really affecting our work," Wadcon Saviour Lazarus, who runs a national NGO, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
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
He later started projecting a saviour figure rooted in social justice in his movies.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour?
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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