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Another word for intercession

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Noun
      1. A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship.
      2. The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship:
      3. An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in devotion, confession, praise, or thanksgiving:
      1. A solemn supplication or request, especially to a superior authority; an entreaty.
      2. A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.
      3. A formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter:
      1. the act or process of mediating; friendly or diplomatic intervention, usually by consent or invitation, for settling differences between persons, nations, etc.
    See also:

    request

    intervention

    appeal

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Sentence Examples

  • Intercession for the dead.

  • Bids them not to swear at all nor to expect any intercession of the departed saints for sinners.

  • The account of Moses' intercession has been preserved in J, though the narrative has undergone considerable dislocation.

  • 3); but by the intercession of Parysatis he was pardoned and sent back to his satrapy.

  • This view receives some support from the long liturgical prayer at the close, which almost certainly represents the intercession used in the Roman eucharists.

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