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sav·iour

 (sāv′yər)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of savior.
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saviour

(ˈseɪvjə) or

savior

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

(ˈseɪvjə) or

Savior

n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.saviour - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in NazarethSaviour - 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)
Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, the Nazarene
2.saviour - a person who rescues you from harm or dangersaviour - a person who rescues you from harm or danger
rescuer, savior, deliverer
messiah, christ - any expected deliverer
benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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saviour

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
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Translations
مُخَلِّص، مُنْقِذمُنْقِذ، مُخَلِّص
spasitelzachránce
frelserredningsmand
bjargvætturfrelsari
Spasiteľ
kurtarıcı

saviour

savior (US) [ˈseɪvjəʳ] N → salvador(a) m/f
Saviour → Salvador m
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saviour

[ˈseɪvjər] (British) savior (US) n → sauveur m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

saviour

, (US) savior
n → Retter(in) m(f); (Rel also) → Erlöser m, → Heiland m; Our Saviour → unser Erlöser
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saviour

savior (Am) [ˈseɪvjəʳ] n → salvatore/trice
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save1

(seiv) verb
1. to rescue or bring out of danger. He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.
2. to keep (money etc) for future use. He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.
3. to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc). Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.
4. in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal. The goalkeeper saved six goals.
5. to free from the power of sin and evil.
6. to keep data in the computer.
noun
(in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.
ˈsaver noun
a person or thing that saves, avoids waste etc. The telephone is a great time-saver.
ˈsaving noun
a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way. It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.
ˈsavings noun plural
money saved up. He keeps his savings in the bank.
saviour , (American) savior (ˈseivjə) noun
1. (usually with capital) a person or god who saves people from sin, hell etc.
2. a person who rescues a person etc from danger etc. He was the saviour of his country.
saving grace
a good quality that makes up for a fault. His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.
savings account
an account in a bank or post office on which interest is paid.
savings bank
a bank that receives small savings and gives interest.
save up
to save. He's been saving up for a new bike.
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Verily, their Saviours themselves came not from freedom and freedom's seventh heaven!
Of defects did the spirit of those Saviours consist; but into every defect had they put their illusion, their stop-gap, which they called God.
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Ah, my dear friend, our divine Saviour's words, that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God, are terribly true.
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries- and that men attribute the greatest merit to skill in killing one another.
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1-17) Ares, exceeding in strength, chariot-rider, golden- helmed, doughty in heart, shield-bearer, Saviour of cities, harnessed in bronze, strong of arm, unwearying, mighty with the spear, O defence of Olympus, father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men, sceptred King of manliness, who whirl your fiery sphere among the planets in their sevenfold courses through the aether wherein your blazing steeds ever bear you above the third firmament of heaven; hear me, helper of men, giver of dauntless youth!
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Meanwhile the Son of God, who yet some days Lodged in Bethabara, where John baptized, Musing and much revolving in his breast How best the mighty work he might begin Of Saviour to mankind, and which way first Publish his godlike office now mature, One day forth walked alone, the Spirit leading And his deep thoughts, the better to converse With solitude, till, far from track of men, Thought following thought, and step by step led on, He entered now the bordering Desert wild, And, with dark shades and rocks environed round, His holy meditations thus pursued:-- "O what a multitude of thoughts at once Awakened in me swarm, while I consider What from within I feel myself, and hear What from without comes often to my ears, Ill sorting with my present state compared!
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The tower of old Saint Saviour's Church, and the spire of Saint Magnus, so long the giant-warders of the ancient bridge, were visible in the gloom; but the forest of shipping below bridge, and the thickly scattered spires of churches above, were nearly all hidden from sight.
The steps to which the girl had pointed, were those which, on the Surrey bank, and on the same side of the bridge as Saint Saviour's Church, form a landing-stairs from the river.
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She closed her eyes, and hanging her head down a little continued in the same moderate tone, as if speaking to some one quite near her: "Saviour of sinners!
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We loitered about gazing aloft at the monster windows all aglow with brilliantly colored scenes in the lives of the Saviour and his followers.
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And Mrs Verloc waited in silence the good pleasure of her saviour, deriving comfort from his reflective silence.
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I think 't if a feller he'ps another feller when he's in trouble, and don't cuss, and don't do no mean things, nur noth'n' he ain' no business to do, and don't spell the Saviour's name with a little g, he ain't runnin' no resks--he's about as saift as he b'longed to a church."
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