HOLY GHOST

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• HOLY GHOST (noun)
  The noun HOLY GHOST has 1 sense:

1. the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost

  Familiarity information: HOLY GHOST used as a noun is very rare.

• HOLY GHOST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit; Paraclete

Instance hypernyms:

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)