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Intercession
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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intercession
c.1500, from L. intercessionem (nom. intercessio) "a going between," noun of action from intercedere (see intercede).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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