Par|a|clete

Par|a|clete
Par|a|clete «PAR uh kleet», noun.
the Holy Ghost; the Comforter: »

It was approaching the third hour, the hour at which the Paraclete originally descended upon the Apostles (Cardinal Newman).

[< Old French paraclet, learned borrowing from Latin paraclētus < Greek paráklētos advocate; {{(literally) one called to aid < parakaleîn to call (in) < para- beside + kaleîn to call; to comfort, console]
par|a|clete «PAR uh kleet», noun.
a friend, advocate, or comforter.
[< Paraclete]

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