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Intercession

Intercession Meaning & Definition
Intercession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intercession?

[n] the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
[n] a prayer to God on behalf of another person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intercession: intervention

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intercession: aid prayer | Angelus | appeal | Ave | Ave Maria | beadroll | beads | beseechment | bidding prayer | breviary | chaplet | collect | communion | contemplation | devotions | entreaty | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | interagency | intermediation | interposition | intervention | invocation | involvement | Kyrie Eleison | litany | mediation | meditation | obsecration | obtestation | orison | Paternoster | petition | prayer | prayer wheel | rogation | rosary | silent prayer | stepping in | suit | supplication | thanks | thanksgiving

See Also | engagement | intermediation | involvement | mediation | orison | participation | petition | prayer

Intercession In Webster's Dictionary

\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 entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others. But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. --Rom. viii. 26.

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