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intercession

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in⋅ter⋅ces⋅sion

  [in-ter-sesh-uhn]
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅ces⋅sion⋅al, adjective
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in·ter·ces·sion   (ĭn'tər-sěsh'ən)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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