intercession
/ˌɪn.təɹˈsɛ.ʃən/
intercession noun: the act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
Noun
intercession (countable and uncountable, plural intercessions)
- The act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
- Lady Marchmont found her companions in no mood for discourse. Her husband was asleep, and Ethel's languid voice was scarcely audible when she forced a reply to some trilling question; and Henrietta could perceive, from the convulsive movement, and from the short suppressed sob, that she was...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 69–70
- A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.
intercession meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
intercession in Tamil
- இடை இசைவு
intercession in Urdu
- بیچ بچاؤ, مصالحت, شفاعت, سفارش
intercession in Bengali
- মধ্যস্থতা, সুপারিশ
intercession in Malayalam
- മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥത, നടുവിൽ നില്ക്കൽ, ഇടപെടൽ, വാദിക്കൽ
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- intercession in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಿಕೆ, ರಾಜಿ, ಬಿನ್ನಹ, ಶಿಫಾರಸು
- intercession in Arabic
- وَسَاطَة wasāṭa, شَفَاعَة šafāʕa
- intercession in Persian
- شفاعت šafâ'at
Forms of intercession
| plural | intercessions |
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Origin of intercession
First attested in the early 15th Century. From Middle French intercession, from Old French intercession, from Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“to go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.
Words formed from intercession
- intercessation of saints
- intercessional
- Intercession City
- intercessory
Phrases with intercession
Questions about intercession
- What does intercession mean?
- Intercession means the act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
- What is intercession in Tamil?
- Intercession in Tamil is இடை இசைவு. See Intercession meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intercession?
- Intercession is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intercession?
- Intercession is pronounced /ˌɪn.təɹˈsɛ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of intercession?
- The plural of intercession is intercessions.
Words near intercession in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intercession (page history and authors); intercession (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercession (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intercession (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercession (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercession (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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