saveour
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- 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 edit
Borrowed from Old French sauveor, salveor, from Latin salvātor; equivalent to saven + -our. Doublet of salvatour.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌsaːveːˈuːr/, /ˌsaːviˈuːr/, /ˈsaːvjur/, /ˌsau̯-/
- (contracted) IPA(key): /saːˈvuːr/, /ˈsaːvur/, /sau̯-/
Noun edit
saveour
- A saviour or deliverer; one who rescues from harm.
- (theology) A salvific religious figure, especially Jesus.
- (by extension) A communion wafer; Eucharistic bread.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sāveǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.