Paraclete
WordNet
noun
(1) The third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
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Etymology
From from , from from +
Noun
- an advocate, especially the Holy Spirit
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- 1963: He passed a block of bright posters. One of them extolled domestic gas: a smiling toy paraclete called Mr Therm presided over a sort of warm Holy Family. — Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby
- 1963: The matter of a Paraclete’s coming, the comforter, the dove; the tongues of flame, the gift of tongues: Pentecost. Third Person of the Trinity. — Thomas Pynchon, V.
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