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saviorship

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sav⋅ior

  [seyv-yer]
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–noun
1. a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
2. (initial capital letter) a title of God, esp. of Christ.
3. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. an epithet of Artemis.
Also, saviour.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME saveour, sauveur < OF sauvëour < LL salvātor, equiv. to L salvā(re) to save 1 + -tor -tor

Related forms:
sav⋅ior⋅hood, sav⋅ior⋅ship, noun

Usage note:
See -or 1 .
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Word Origin & History

savior 
c.1300, "one who delivers or rescues from peril," also a title of Jesus Christ, from O.Fr. sauveour, from L.L. salvatorem (nom. salvator) "a saver, preserver" (cf. Sp. salvador, It. salvatore), from salvatus, pp. of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In Christian sense, translation of Gk. soter "savior." Replaced O.E. hælend "healer."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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