Definitions for Paraclete

Paraclete par·a·clete

Spelling: [par-uh-kleet]
IPA: /ˈpær əˌklit/

Paraclete is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 431 anagrams from letters in Paraclete (aaceelprt).

Definitions for Paraclete

noun

  1. an advocate or intercessor.
  2. (initial capital letter) the Holy Spirit; the Comforter.

Origin of Paraclete

1400-50; Medieval Latin, Late Latin Paraclētus Late Greek Paráklētos comforter, literally, (person) called in (to help), verbid of parakaleîn (equivalent to para- para-

Examples for Paraclete

The altar of paraclete, says Mr. Berrington, did not then exist.

This child came into the world, then there was a second who was none other than the paraclete.

He named it the paraclete, and there he taught and lectured.

If I go not away, the Comforter, the paraclete, will not come unto you.

The paraclete was not only an instructor, but he was an infallible guide.

He called the place his paraclete, because it had been his consolation.

Timothy had to study because he did not possess the paraclete.

And how could it be preserved but by the influence of the paraclete acting on an ordained class?

It is much better to Anglicize the word into the English "paraclete."

He is the “leader,” the “ambassador of the light,” the “paraclete.”

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