"intercession" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intercessions [plural]
Etymology: First attested in the early 15th Century. From Middle French intercession, from Old French intercession, from Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|early 15th Century}} the early 15th Century, {{etydate|early 15th Century}} First attested in the early 15th Century, {{bor|en|frm|intercession}} Middle French intercession, {{der|en|fro|intercession}} Old French intercession, {{der|en|la|intercessiō}} Latin intercessiō, {{cog|en|cede}} English cede Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intercession (countable and uncountable, plural intercessions)
  1. The act of intervening or mediating between two parties. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of intervening): وَسَاطَة (wasāṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), застъпничество (zastǎpničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ходатайство (hodatajstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), formidling [common-gender] (Danish), mellemkomst [common-gender] (Danish), voorspraak [feminine] (Dutch), intercession [feminine] (French), közbenjárás (Hungarian), meðalganga [feminine] (Icelandic), interceso (Ido), intercessão [feminine] (Portuguese), посре́дничество (posrédničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), zagovor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), за̏гово̄р [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-intercession-en-noun-Y74qBfw- Disambiguation of 'the act of intervening': 97 3
  2. A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (See also cede): related terms Translations (a prayer to God on behalf of another person): شَفَاعَة (šafāʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), intercessió [feminine] (Catalan), forbøn [common-gender] (Danish), intercession [feminine] (French), ქომაგობა (komagoba) (Georgian), Fürbitte (english: by an earthly person) [feminine] (German), Fürsprache (english: by a saint) [feminine] (German), fyrirbæn [feminine] (Icelandic), bænarstaður [masculine] (Icelandic), idirghuí [feminine] (Irish), intercessione [feminine] (Italian), شفاعت (šafâ'at) (Persian), wstawiennictwo [neuter] (Polish), intercessão [feminine] (Portuguese), intercesión [feminine] (Spanish), förbön [common-gender] (Swedish), заступництво (zastupnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intercessation of saints Related terms: intercede, intercessor

Inflected forms

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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 69–70:",
          "text": "Lady Marchmont found her companions in no mood for discourse. Her husband was asleep, and Ethel's languid voice was scarcely audible when she forced a reply to some trilling question; and Henrietta could perceive, from the convulsive movement, and from the short suppressed sob, that she was weeping. When they arrived at home, the light showed Ethel so pale, so worn out, that she thought all attempt at any intercession were best deferred to the morrow. It must, also, be confessed, that she felt too weary for much eloquence as a pleader.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of intervening or mediating between two parties."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intervening",
          "intervening"
        ],
        [
          "mediating",
          "mediating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "saint",
          "saint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wasāṭa",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَسَاطَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zastǎpničestvo",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "застъпничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hodatajstvo",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ходатайство"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "formidling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mellemkomst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voorspraak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercession"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "word": "közbenjárás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meðalganga"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "word": "interceso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posrédničestvo",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посре́дничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zagovor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of intervening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за̏гово̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šafāʕa",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شَفَاعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercessió"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "forbøn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercession"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "komagoba",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "word": "ქომაგობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "by an earthly person",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fürbitte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "by a saint",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fürsprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fyrirbæn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bænarstaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idirghuí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercessione"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šafâ'at",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "word": "شفاعت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wstawiennictwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intercesión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förbön"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zastupnyctvo",
      "sense": "a prayer to God on behalf of another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заступництво"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "intercession"
  ],
  "word": "intercession"
}

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