Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR'A-CLETE, n. [Gr. παρακλητος, from παρακαλεω; παρα, to, and καλεω, to call.]

Properly, an advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the consoler, comforter or intercessor, a term applied to the Holy Spirit. – Pearson. Bale.