Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paraclete \Par"a*clete\, n. [L. paracletus, Gr. ?, from ? to
   call to one, to exhort, encourage; ? beside + ? to call.]
   An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the
   Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the
   Holy Spirit.

         From which intercession especially I conceive he hath
         the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. --Bp.
                                                  Pearson.