intercession

English

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”.

Noun

intercession (countable and uncountable, plural intercessions)

1. The act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 69–70:

     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.

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.

Derived terms

• intercessation of saints

Related terms

• intercede
• intercessor
• See also cede: related terms

Translations

the act of intervening

• Arabic: وَسَاطَة f (wasāṭa)
• Bulgarian: застъпничество (bg) n (zastǎpničestvo), ходатайство (bg) n (hodatajstvo)
• Dutch: voorspraak (nl) f
• French: intercession (fr) f
• Hungarian: közbenjárás (hu)
• Icelandic: meðalganga f
• Ido: interceso (io)
• Portuguese: intercessão (pt) f
• Russian: посре́дничество (ru) n (posrédničestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: zagovor (sh) m, за̏гово̄р m

a prayer to God on behalf of another person

• Arabic: شَفَاعَة (ar) f (šafāʕa)
• Catalan: intercessió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: forbøn c
• French: intercession (fr) f
• Georgian: ქომაგობა (komagoba)
• German: (by an earthly person) Fürbitte (de) f; (by a saint) Fürsprache (de) f
• Icelandic: fyrirbæn f, bænarstaður m
• Irish: idirghuí f
• Italian: intercessione (it) f
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: شفاعت (fa) (šafâ'at)
• Polish: wstawiennictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: intercessão (pt) f
• Spanish: intercesión (es) f
• Swedish: förbön (sv) c
• Ukrainian: заступництво (uk) n (zastupnyctvo)

Anagrams

• recensionist

French

Etymology

From Latin intercessiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/, /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.se.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

intercession f (plural intercessions)

1. intercession

Further reading

• “intercession”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Noun

intercession f (plural intercessions)

1. intercession