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The definition of intercession is mediation, or a request or prayer in favor of another.

(noun)

An example of intercession is a couple going to a marriage counselor.
An example of intercession is someone asking their church congregation to pray for their sick mother.

See intercession in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of interceding; mediation, pleading, or prayer in behalf of another or others

Origin: L intercessio < intercessus, pp. of intercedere

Related Forms:

intercessional adjective

See intercession in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin intercessiō, intercessiōn-, intervention

Origin: , from intercessus

Origin: , past participle of intercēdere, to intervene; see intercede

Related Forms:

inˌter·cesˈsion·al adjective

inˌter·cesˈsor (-sĕsˈər) noun

inˌter·cesˈso·ry adjective

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