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HOLY SPIRIT
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• HOLY SPIRIT (noun)
The noun HOLY SPIRIT 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 SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.
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)
Context examples
No doubt he had invoked the help of the Holy Spirit to subdue the anger I had roused in him, and now believed he had forgiven me once more.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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