Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intercession"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intercession
n 1: a prayer to God on behalf of another person
2: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) [syn: {intervention}]
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