Intercession : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Intercession	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Intercession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intercession n a prayer to God on behalf of another person the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" Synonym(s): intervention, intercession
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intercession \In`terces"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.