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intercessor - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

intercessor (plural intercessors)

• One who intercedes, particularly
  • A mediator, one who reconciles enemies or pleads for another.
    • ✤ Synonyms: see Thesaurus: deputy
  • An intermediary, a middleman.
    • ✤ Synonyms: intermediary, middleman, go-between, solicitor
    • ✤ Kings were revered, in many cases not merely as priests, that is, as intercessors between man and god, but as themselves gods…¹
  • (Roman Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy) A saint believed to plead for a sinner to God.
    • ✤ *St Mary the Intercessor *
  • (Roman Catholicism) A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.

Etymology

Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor,² from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“to go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌsɛsə(ɹ)/

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

2. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “intercessor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. ↩

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