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Meanings of intercession in English

Russian
интерцессия

In Roman law.

        интерцессия
        Russian
        интерцессия
        Spanish
        intercesión

        Religious prayer for acts upon others.

              интерцессия
              Portuguese
              intervenção
              Catalan
              intervenció
              Spanish
              intervención

              The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

                    intervenção
                    Usage of intercession in English
                    1
                    This then is our High-priest; this is intercession-thesethe benefits of it.
                    The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
                    2
                    The Spirit's intercession in our spirits consists in our own divinely-inspired longings.
                    Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
                    3
                    He prayed mentally, beseeching the intercession of the Virgin, of the saints.
                    Veranilda
                    4
                    But the text says he prayeth in heaven, he makes intercession there.
                    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
                    5
                    But the advice and intercession of her friends were alike without avail.
                    The Women of the French Salons
                    6
                    I have heard his voice choke over an intercession for the absent.
                    Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
                    7
                    Passed into the heavens, yet ever living to make intercession for us.
                    The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
                    8
                    I bring, through intercession of the pope, a pardon from our king.
                    The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
                    9
                    The Saints, by their intercession and their patronage, unite us with God.
                    Purgatory: Doctrinal, Historical, and Poetical
                    10
                    Is there not a passage in Revelations substantiating the doctrine of intercession?
                    Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
                    11
                    Of this act of intercession for her father, Mr. Bacon knew nothing.
                    The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
                    12
                    You were not Nuflo to need my intercession, yet you came too.
                    Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
                    13
                    Not so much my proposal, my lord, as my most earnest intercession.
                    The Snare
                    14
                    What I have come to beg is your intercession with the King-
                    An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
                    15
                    And so, as a result of Ted's intercession, Mr. Hazen stayed on.
                    Ted and the Telephone
                    16
                    The situation therefore meets all the prerequisite conditions for a Stage 2 intercession.
                    The Complete Rama Omnibus
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                    Translations for intercession
                    Portuguese
                    intervenção
                    Intercession through the time
                    Intercession across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common