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savete

Pronunciation: /ˌsaːviˈteː/

“savete” is a Middle English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable.
  2. Salvation; deliverance from eternal doom.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sauvete, salvete, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem; equivalent to saven + -te.

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