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(Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful. quotations examples
Apples of ashes, golden bright; / Waters of bitterness, how sweet! / O banquet of a foul delight, / Prepared by thee, dark Paraclete!
1893, Lionel Johnson, The Dark Angel, lines 33–36
The matter of a Paraclete’s coming, the comforter, the dove; the tongues of flame, the gift of tongues: Pentecost. Third Person of the Trinity.
1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.