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Webster 1913 Edition

Comforter

Com′fort-er

,
Noun.
1.
One who administers comfort or consolation.
Let no
comforter
delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
Shakespeare
2.
(Script.)
The Holy Spirit, – referring to his office of comforting believers.
But the
Comforter
, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
John xiv. 26.
3.
A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.
[U. S.]
The American schoolboy takes off his
comforter
and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.
4.
A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
[U. S.]
Job’s comforter
,
a boil.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Comforter

COMFORTER

, n.
1.
One who administers comfort or consolation; one who strengthens and supports the mind in distress or danger.
I looked for comforters, but found none. Ps. 69.
Miserable comforters are ye all. Job. 16.
2.
The title of the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name--he shall teach you all things. John 14.

Definition 2024

Comforter

Comforter

See also: comforter

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Comforter

  1. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.
    • 1832, John Hall, Expository discourses on the Gospels for every Sunday in the year, page 33:
      In these words, with which the Gospel for this day commences, He speaks of the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, and of the Father, and of Himself
    • 1904, Arthur Crawshay Alliston Hall, Confirmation, page 43:
      That this high- priestly office belongs only to the bishops, either to seal or to transmit the Comforter Spirit, is proved not only by Church usage
    • 2005, Ellen G White, The Desire of Ages, page 670:
      By the Spirit, He said, He would manifest Himself to them. "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you

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comforter

See also: Comforter

English

Noun

comforter ‎(plural comforters)

  1. A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
    • Shakespeare
      Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
  2. (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
  3. (old fashioned, mostly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
    • Popular Science Monthly
      The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Fate of the Artemis:
      “ […] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […] ”
  4. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.

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Etymology

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

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