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intercessor

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in⋅ter⋅ces⋅sor

[in-ter-ses-er, in-ter-ses-er]
–noun
a person who intercedes.

Origin:
1475–85; < L, equiv. to interced- (see intercession ) + -tor -tor, with dt > ss
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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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