Redeemer

Definitions

1. One who redeems; one who provides redemption.
2. honorific title for Jesus Christ

Equivalents

Examples

“However there is little doubt⟳ that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look⟳ for the coming of a great 'redeemer.'”

“But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.”

“With no experience⟳ in management, little knowledge of life in Scottish football, a dressing room to gut and replace⟳, Gerrard is now cast⟳ in the role of Rangers' great redeemer. Whatever fate befalls him, this will not be dull.”

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