intercession

First attested in the early 15th Century. From Middle French intercession, from Old French intercession, from Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō,[1] from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.

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.

• intercessation of saints

• intercede
• intercessor
• See also cede: related terms

• recensionist

From Latin intercessiōnem.

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

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intercession f (plural intercessions)

1. intercession

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

intercession f (plural intercessions)

1. intercession