Meaning of INTERCESSION
| Pronunciation: | | `intur'seshun
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- [n] the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
- [n] a prayer to God on behalf of another person
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| | Synonyms: | | intervention |
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| | See Also: | | engagement, intermediation, involvement, mediation, orison, participation, petition, prayer | |
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| | Definition: | |  Intercession
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | aid prayer, Angelus, appeal, Ave, Ave Maria, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet, collect, communion, contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, Hail Mary, impetration, imploration, interagency, intermediation, interposition, intervention, invocation, involvement, Kyrie Eleison, litany, mediation, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, Paternoster, petition, prayer, prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, stepping in, suit, supplication, thanks, thanksgiving |
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