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First Known Use of Paraclete
15th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for Paraclete
Middle English Paraclit, Paraclyte, borrowed from Late Latin Paraclētus, Paraclītus “advocate, comforter,” borrowed from Greek paráklētos “advocate, helper, comforter,” an epithet of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John (as John 14:26), derivative of paráklētos, adjective, “called to one’s aid,” verbal adjective of parakaleîn “to call in, send for, summon, exhort, comfort, console,” from para- PARA- entry 1 + kaléō, kaleîn “to call, summon”
*https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Paraclete
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