Meaning

noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

originA translation of the Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “comforter”), used in several verses of the New Testament.

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