paraclete
/par-uh-kleet/US // ˈpær əˌklit //UK // (ˈpærəˌkliːt) //
旁门左道,旁观者,伞兵,神甫
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an advocate or intercessor.
- : the Holy Spirit; the Comforter.
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Examples
Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, died; celebrated as the mistress of Abelard, and for her learning.
Muslim commentators hold that the Paraclete (Comforter) promised in John xvi.
He called the place his Paraclete, because it had been his consolation.
This reminds us that it was provided that the Paraclete should have a certain number of monks attached to it.
When or how often he visited the Paraclete we do not know; but in some of these visits Hlose and Ablard must have met again.
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