intercessor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- intercessour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor,[1] from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
- St Mary the Intercessor; St Mary as intercessor
- Especially: a heavenly saint who intercedes (with God) on behalf of a mere mortal.
- A middleman, intermediary
- 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough[1]:
- Kings were revered, in many cases not merely as priests, that is, as intercessors between man and god, but as themselves gods
- A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who intercedes
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “intercessor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin intercessōrem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.səˈso]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [in.teɾ.seˈsoɾ]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun[edit]
intercessor m (plural intercessors, feminine intercessora)
- (law, Christianity) intercessor (one who intercedes)
Adjective[edit]
intercessor (feminine intercessora, masculine plural intercessors, feminine plural intercessores)
- (law, Christianity) interceding (that intercedes), mediating
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “intercessor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “intercessor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈkɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈt͡ʃes.sor/, [in̪t̪erˈt͡ʃɛsːor]
Noun[edit]
intercessor m (genitive intercessōris, feminine intercestrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | intercessor | intercessōrēs |
Genitive | intercessōris | intercessōrum |
Dative | intercessōrī | intercessōribus |
Accusative | intercessōrem | intercessōrēs |
Ablative | intercessōre | intercessōribus |
Vocative | intercessor | intercessōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: intercessor
- Galician: intercesor
- Italian: intercessore
- Occitan: intercessor
- Portuguese: intercessor
- Spanish: intercesor
References[edit]
- “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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin intercessōrem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun[edit]
intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)
- intercessor (one who intercedes)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
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