intercession

  • 41intercession — n. 1. Mediation, interposition, intervention. 2. Pleading, supplication, entreaty, prayer …

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  • 42intercession — noun 1 (uncountable + with) an act of interceding 2 (C, U) a prayer asking for someone to be helped or cured …

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  • 43intercession — n 1. mediation, agency, good offices, mediatorship; intermediation, intervention, interposition, interjacence; negotiation, arbitration, parley; reconciliation, propitiation, pacification, appeasement. 2. entreaty, supplication, prayer, orison,… …

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  • 44intercession — in·ter·ces·sion …

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  • 45intercession — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈseʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɪntərˈseʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] formal the process of trying to persuade someone in authority to help someone else or to change their opinion or decision about them …

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  • 46intercession — / intercessory prayer  Заступничество …

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  • 47intercession — in•ter•ces•sion [[t]ˌɪn tərˈsɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of interceding 2) an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person 3) rel a prayer to God on behalf of another • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L intercessiō=intercēd(ere)… …

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  • 48intercession — /ɪntəˈsɛʃən / (say intuh seshuhn) noun 1. the act of interceding. 2. an interposing or pleading on behalf of one in difficulty or trouble. 3. Ecclesiastical prayer, especially a pleading with God on behalf of another or others, as that of Christ… …

  • 49intercession —    This word (from the Latin intercedere, meaning to intervene or to go between ) refers to prayers of petition. Though Christ is the primary intercessor or advocate before God the Father, intercessory prayers may be said by any personpraying for …

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  • 50Prière d'intercession — Intercession Une intercession, à ne pas confondre avec une intersession, est une démarche en faveur de quelqu un. Les synonymes possibles sont intervenir, agir en faveur de quelqu un. La prière d intercession consiste en une demande en faveur d… …

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