{"def":{"short":"a deliverer, i.e., God or Christ","long":["saviour, deliverer, preserver The name was given by the ancients to deities, especially tutelary deities, to princes, kings, and in general to men who had conferred signal benefits upon their country, and in more degenerate days by the way of flattery to personages of influence"]},"deriv":"from G4982","pronun":{"ipa":"soˈter","ipa_mod":"sowˈte̞r","sbl":"sōtēr","dic":"soh-TARE","dic_mod":"soh-TARE"},"see":["G4982"]}