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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Entreaty in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God in behalf of another.
  2. n. Mediation in a dispute.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties; solicitation or entreaty in behalf of, or sometimes against, a person or an action.
  2. n. In liturgics, a petition or group of petitions for various orders of men and classes in the church, whether living or departed; a form of conjoint or mutual prayer for or with the living, the departed, saints, and angels.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act of intervening or mediating between two parties
  2. n. A prayer to God on behalf of another person

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
  2. n. a prayer to God on behalf of another person

Etymologies

  1. Early 15th century, from Latin intercessionem, from intercēdō, from inter- ("between") + cēdō ("I go") (English cede), literally “go-between”. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin intercessiō, intercessiōn-, intervention, from intercessus, past participle of intercēdere, to intervene; see intercede. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “And, as he always hears the Son interceding for us, so he always hears the Spirit interceding in us, because his intercession is according to the will of God.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

  • “Following the lecture His Eminence will Pontificate at a Solemn Mass according to the Missal of Paul VI in intercession for the beatification of John Henry Newman at the Oxford Oratory at 6.00 pm.”

    George Cardinal Pell to Visit Oxford, Sung Vespers at Merton, Mass at the Oxford Oratory

  • “My first guess was that a useful intercession is one that preserves an important distinction in the language.”

    2008 January « Motivated Grammar

  • “Lorenzago, picturesquely perched on one of the lower slopes on Monte Cridola, claims to be the scene of the martyrdom of Saint Florian, a popular Tyrolean saint, whose intercession is supposed to be of especial efficacy in cases of fire; while Monte Cornon is said to derive its name from an incident in the history of Cadore thus related by Mr. Gilbert: –”

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

  • “Page 7 his blood cleanses from all sin -- because his intercession is prevalent.”

    A Refuge from the Storm

  • “This he pleads with his Father, for his intercession is made in the virtue of his satisfaction; by his own blood he entered into the holy place (Heb.ix. 12), as the high priest, on the day of atonement, sprinkled the blood of the sacrifice at the same time that he burnt incense within the veil, Lev. xvi.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

  • “He that burns incense to God, and so puts contempt upon the incense of Christ's intercession, is as if he blessed an idol; it was as great an affront to God as if they had paid their devotions to a false god.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)

  • “And he granted him according to his own heart, made him to see of the travail of his soul, to his satisfaction, prospered his good pleasure in his hand, fulfilled all his petitions for himself and us; for him the Father heareth always and his intercession is ever prevailing.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)

  • “With his words I am struggling for you … for all who have not met me personally, he has portrayed how he deeply involved himself in intercession.”

    Intercession for the Unreached Peoples

  • “In the same way as he strove to evangelize the people straight away (see Colossians 1: 29), he is also does in intercession.”

    Intercession for the Unreached Peoples

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. mediation

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. prayer
  1. petition
  1. orison

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. interposition
  2. mediation
  3. supplication
  4. atonement
  1. importunity
  2. thanksgiving
  3. benediction
  4. forgiveness
  1. admonition
  2. adoration
  3. providence
  4. penitence
  1. exhortations
  2. ministrations
  3. endeavors
  4. invocation
  1. resurrection
  2. bless
  3. remonstrance
  4. solicitations
  1. dispensation
  2. entreaty
  3. intervention
  4. sanctification

rhymes (34)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Hessian
  2. accession
  3. aggression
  4. compression
  5. concession
  6. confession
  1. decompression
  2. depression
  3. digression
  4. discretion
  5. expression
  6. freshen
  1. impression
  2. indiscretion
  3. misimpression
  4. nonaggression
  5. obsession
  6. oppression
  1. possession
  2. precession
  3. procession
  4. profession
  5. progression
  6. question
  1. recession
  2. regression
  3. repossession
  4. repression
  5. retrocession
  6. secession
  1. session
  2. succession
  3. suppression
  4. transgression

reverse dictionary (15)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. mediation
  2. intercede
  3. intercedence
  1. intercessional
  2. intercessory
  3. interpellation
  1. intercessorial
  2. advocacy
  3. Saint Anthony's fire
  1. saint vitus's dance
  2. canon
  3. intercessor
  1. novena
  2. orant
  3. sibyl

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