intercession

  • 1intercession — Intercession …

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  • 2Intercession — • To go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Intercession     Intercession (Mediation)      …

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  • 3intercession — [ ɛ̃tɛrsesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1223; lat. intercessio ♦ Relig. ou littér. Action d intercéder. ⇒ entremise, intervention. L intercession de la Sainte Vierge. Intercession auprès de qqn. ⊗ HOM. Intersession. ● intercession nom féminin (latin intercessio …

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  • 4intercession — Intercession. s. f. v. Action, priere par laquelle on intercede. Puissante, foible intercession. l intercession des Saints, demander quelque chose à Dieu par l intercession de la sainte Vierge, &c. j ay employé l intercession d un tel …

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  • 5Intercession — In ter*ces sion, n. [L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See {Intercede}.] The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or… …

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  • 6Intercession — (v. lat.), 1) das Dazwischentreten, Vermittelung; 2) Intercessio Christi, Fürbitte Jesu für die Seinen bei Gott; sie ist ein Theil seines hohen priesterlichen Amtes, s. Christus II. B) a) aa) β). I. sanctorum, Fürbitte der Heiligen; 3) die… …

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  • 7intercession — I noun arbitrage, arbitration, conciliation, deprecatio, diplomacy, instrumentality, interference, interjection, intermeddling, intermediation, interposition, intervention, mediation, negotiation, peacemaking, reconcilement, reconciliation,… …

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  • 8intercession — early 15c., act of interceding, from L. intercessionem (nom. intercessio) a going between, noun of action from pp. stem of intercedere (see INTERCEDE (Cf. intercede)). The modern sense was not in classical Latin …

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  • 9intercession — ► NOUN 1) the action of interceding. 2) the saying a prayer on behalf of another person. DERIVATIVES intercessor noun intercessory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from intercedere intervene …

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  • 10intercession — [in΄tər sesh′ən] n. [L intercessio < intercessus, pp. of intercedere] the act of interceding; mediation, pleading, or prayer in behalf of another or others intercessional adj …

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