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in⋅ter⋅ces⋅sion

   [in-ter-sesh-uhn]
–noun
1. an act or instance of interceding.
2. an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person.
3. a prayer to God on behalf of another.
4. Roman History. the interposing of a veto, as by a tribune.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L intercessiōn- (s. of intercessiō), equiv. to intercess(us) ptp. of intercēdere to intercede (equiv. to interced- var. s. + -tus ptp. suffix, with -dt- > -ss-) + -iōn- -ion
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in·ter·ces·sion     (ĭn'tər-sěsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Entreaty in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God in behalf of another.
  2. Mediation in a dispute.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin intercessiō, intercessiōn-, intervention, from intercessus, past participle of intercēdere, to intervene; see intercede.]

in'ter·ces'sion·al adj., in'ter·ces'sor (-sěs'ər) n., in'ter·ces'so·ry adj.
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intercession 
c.1500, from L. intercessionem (nom. intercessio) "a going between," noun of action from intercedere (see intercede).

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intercession

noun
1. a prayer to God on behalf of another person 
2. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: intervention] 

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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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