Paraclete
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An advocate or helper.
"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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Paraclete, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. alt-of
- 1 The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful.
"Apples of ashes, golden bright; / Waters of bitterness, how sweet! / O banquet of a foul delight, / Prepared by thee, dark Paraclete!"
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
See Paraclete.
From Old French paraclit, from Late Latin paraclētus, from Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “one called to help, helper; comforter; protector, defender; (legal) advocate”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + κλητός (klētós, “called, invited [one]”). The Greek term is used four times in the Gospel of John as an epithet of the Holy Spirit.