Obs. [a. L. consōlātor, agent-n. f. consōlārī to CONSOLE. Cf. F. consolateur (16th c. in Littré).] = CONSOLER.
a. 1540. Barnes, Wks., 293 (R.). The glorious consolatour of the Holy Ghost.
1613–31. Primer our Lady, 477. O Thou consolator best, Of the soule the sweetest guest.
1701. W. Nichols, Consolat. Parents, 112. There is a Crowd of Consolators standing still about them.
1765. Johnson, Note on Tempest, II. i. 12. In some of the Protestant churches there is a kind of officers termed consolators for the sick.
