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intercessions

intercessions is the plural of intercession.

Meaning of intercession

Noun

intercession (countable and uncountable, plural intercessions)

  1. 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
  2. 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.

Questions about intercessions

What is intercessions the plural of?
Intercessions is the plural of intercession.

Words near intercessions in the dictionary

  1. intercession
  2. Intercession City
  3. Intercession of the Theotokos
  4. intercessional
  5. intercessionary
  6. intercessions
  7. intercessive
  8. intercessor
  9. intercessorial
  10. intercessors
  11. intercessory

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