intercessor
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)