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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

paracletus

, Gr.

παράκλητος

, from

παρακαλεῖν

to call to one, to exhort, encourage;

παρά

beside +

καλεῖν

to call.]

An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; – a term applied to the Holy Spirit.

From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the

Paraclete

given him by Christ.

Bp. Pearson.

Noun.

[Gr. to call.] Properly, an advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the consoler, comforter or intercessor,a term applied to the Holy Spirit.