saviour

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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)
noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger

And whereas our Saviour (Math. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
His father’s saviour was a ruffian! — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
[212] Churchwardens' Accounts, St. Saviour's, Southwark. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer

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