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Middle English
- safeoure, salveour, sauveor, sauveour, sauveur, saveor, saveoure, saveur, savior, saviur, savyore, savyouer, savyour, savyoure, savyowre, sawiowre
- salver, sauver, sauvour, savare, saver, savere, savour (contracted)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauveor, salveor, from Latin salvātor; equivalent to saven + -our. Doublet of salvatour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsaːveːˈuːr/, /ˌsaːviˈuːr/, /ˈsaːvjur/, /ˌsau̯-/
- (contracted) IPA(key): /saːˈvuːr/, /ˈsaːvur/, /sau̯-/
Noun
saveour
- A saviour or deliverer; one who rescues from harm.
- (theology) A salvific religious figure, especially Jesus.
- (by extension) A communion wafer; Eucharistic bread.
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