Intercession Definition

ĭntər-sĕshən
intercessions
noun
intercessions
The act of interceding; mediation, pleading, or prayer in behalf of another or others.
Webster's New World
Mediation in a dispute.
American Heritage

The act of intervening or mediating between two parties.

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Noun

Singular:
intercession
Plural:
intercessions

Origin of Intercession

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin intercessiō intercessiōn- intervention from intercessus past participle of intercēdere to intervene intercede

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Intercession Sentence Examples

  • The account of Moses' intercession has been preserved in J, though the narrative has undergone considerable dislocation.

  • He remained in prison until August 1704, and then owed his release to the intercession of Robert Harley, who represented his case to the queen, and obtained for him not only liberty but pecuniary relief and employment, which, of one kind or another, lasted until the termination of Anne's reign.

  • Through the intercession of the secretary of state with the king these restrictions were removed.

  • AlMansur, however, pardoned him on the intercession of his fellowtribesman Musayyab ibn Zuhair of Dabba, and appointed him the instructor in literature of his son, afterwards the caliph al-Mandi.

  • This view receives some support from the long liturgical prayer at the close, which almost certainly represents the intercession used in the Roman eucharists.

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