intercessor

== English == === Alternative forms === intercessour (obsolete) === Etymology === Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor, from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌsɛsə(ɹ)/ === Noun === intercessor (plural intercessors) A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another. Especially: a heavenly saint who intercedes (with God) on behalf of a mere mortal. A middleman, intermediary A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin intercessōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.səˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.seˈsoɾ] Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor === Noun === intercessor m (plural intercessors, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessores) (law, Christianity) intercessor (one who intercedes) === Adjective === intercessor (feminine intercessora, masculine plural intercessors, feminine plural intercessores) (law, Christianity) interceding (that intercedes), mediating === Related terms === intercedir === Further reading === “intercessor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “intercessor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “intercessor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “intercessor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈt͡ʃɛs.sor] === Noun === intercessor m (genitive intercessōris, feminine intercestrīx); third declension mediator, intercessor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “intercessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “intercessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "intercessor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin intercessōrem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor === Noun === intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras) intercessor (one who intercedes) ==== Related terms ==== interceder === Further reading === “intercessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026