paraclete

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French paraclit, from Late Latin paraclet, from Latin paracletus (“advocate, defender, helper, protector, conforter”), from Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paraklētos, “called to help, helper”), from παρά (para, “beside”) + καλέω (kaleō, “I call”)

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈpæɹəkliːt/

Noun [edit]

paraclete (plural paracletes)

  1. An advocate, especially the Holy Spirit.
    • 1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby
      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.
    • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
      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.

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Translations [edit]

an advocate, especially the Holy Spirit

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

parāclēte

  1. vocative singular of parāclētus
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