Saviour
['seɪvjə]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rescuer, saver, deliverer, preserver, protector, defender, guardian.[2]. [With The or Our prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Lamb of God.
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Definition
n. one who saves from evil: a deliverer a title applied to Jesus Christ who saves men from the power and penalty of sin.
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Examples
- The mind of the Jews, as we know, had crystallized about the idea of the Promise of the One True God and the coming of a Saviour or Messiah. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He thinks he is the Saviour of man--go on reading. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And they were married with the sun shining on them through the painted figure of Our Saviour on the window. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They have a grand mausoleum in Florence, which they built to bury our Lord and Saviour and the Medici family in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They even have in it a grotto wherein twenty thousand children were slaughtered by Herod when he was seeking the life of the infant Saviour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was to be at St. Saviour's, near King's Cross, and we were to have breakfast afterwards at the St. Pancras Hotel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the devotional literature of his cult he is spoken of as the saviour and leader of souls, leading souls to the light and receiving them again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The guide said the Saviour fell here, also, and made this depression with his elbow. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It does not say, Intercede for us, through the Saviour, with the Father, for this boon, but Blessed Peter, give it us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They loved you also, and fairly worship your memory as the saviour of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The next thing he has a strong yearning to see is the spot where the Saviour was crucified. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The question intruded itself: Which bore the blessed Saviour, and which the thieves? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Some of the pictures of the Saviour were curiosities in their way. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On these stones that are crumbling away, the guide said, the Saviour sat and rested before taking up the cross. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was hailed as the saviour of his country, a second Camillus (100 B.C.). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this will be their salvation, and they will be the saviours of the State. Plato. The Republic.
- They are called saviours and helpers, he replied. Plato. The Republic.
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