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Holy Spirit

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Meaning

  1. The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.
  2. The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy.
  3. The archangel Gabriel.
  4. The spirit of God who delivers messages to humanity in the form of Manifestations of God.
  5. The spirit of God, especially in its inspiration of prophets and quickening of fetuses.

Etymology / origin

From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghost), equivalent to holy + Spirit.

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