savior English · revision 922

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈseɪvjə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈseɪvjɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|saveour]], [[bor|fro|sauveour]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|la-lat|salvātor|t=saver, preserver]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''salvāre'' “to save”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) In Church Latin ''salvātor'' translated Greek ''sōtḗr'' “saviour”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and in English the word replaced Old English ''hǣlend'', literally “healer”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who saves mankind from sin, a title of Jesus Christ; also one who delivers from peril (before 1300).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Late Latin and especially in English the word was used chiefly of Christ,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and in the New Testament of both Jesus and God.^(Etymonline) The general sense, a person who rescues another from harm or danger, was present from the start.^(Etymonline)^(AHD) The British spelling ''saviour'' has been kept even where other agent nouns in ''-our'' changed to ''-or'', partly because of the conservatism of liturgy;^(Etymonline) the Century Dictionary noted that some regarded ''savior'' as irreverent.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1300 – a title of Christ; a deliverer.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1300 – Middle English ''salvatour'', Jesus Christ.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who saves, rescues or delivers others from harm, danger or loss.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Savior)'' [[Jesus]] Christ, or God, as the bringer of [[salvation]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Saviour]]

+ * [[salvor]]

+ * [[El Salvador]]

+ * [[Salvador]]

+ * [[Salvatore]]

+ * [[save]]

+ * [[salvation]]

+ * [[salvage]]

+ * [[rescuer]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Savior'' is the usual American spelling and ''saviour'' the usual British one.^(Wiktionary)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}