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Definition of paraclete - 2 dictionary results

par⋅a⋅clete

[par-uh-kleet]
–noun
1. an advocate or intercessor.
2. (initial capital letter) the Holy Spirit; the Comforter.

Origin:
1400–50; < ML, LL Paraclētus < LGk Paráklētos comforter, lit., (person) called in (to help), verbid of parakaleîn (equiv. to para- para- 1 + kaleîn to call); r. late ME paraclit < ML Paraclītus, repr. MGk Paráklētos
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Par·a·clete   (pār'ə-klēt')   
n.  The Holy Spirit.

[Middle English Paraclit, from Old French Paraclet, from Latin Paraclētus, from Greek Paraklētos, from parakalein, to invoke : para-, to the side of; see para-1 + kalein, klē-, to call; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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