Paraclete

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful.

Related

Similar words

• The Comforter
• others at Holy Spirit

Origin

• From Old French paraclit, from Late Latin paraclētus, from Ancient Greek παράκλητος ("one called to help, helper; comforter; protector, defender; (legal) advocate"), from παρά + κλητός. The Greek term is used four times in the Gospel of John as an epithet of the Holy Spirit.