'Intercession' definitions:
Definition of 'intercession'
(from WordNet)
noun
A prayer to God on behalf of another person
noun
The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: intervention, intercession]
Definition of 'Intercession'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. --Rom. viii. 26. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intercession'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beseechment,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- chaplet,
- collect,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- devotions,
- entreaty,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- interagency,
- intermediation,
- interposition,
- intervention,
- invocation,
- involvement,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- mediation,
- meditation,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- orison,
- Paternoster,
- petition,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- silent prayer,
- stepping in,
- suit,
- supplication,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving