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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intercession \In'ter*ces"sion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intercession
noun
1: a prayer to God on behalf of another person
2: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) [syn: {intervention}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "intercession": Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, aid prayer, appeal, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet, collect, communion, contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, impetration, imploration, interagency, intermediation, interposition, intervention, invocation, involvement, litany, mediation, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, prayer, prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, stepping in, suit, supplication, thanks, thanksgiving
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