intercessor
English
editAlternative forms
edit- intercessour (obsolete)
Etymology
editLate 15th century, from Latin intercessor,[1] from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editintercessor (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
editTranslations
editone who intercedes
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References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “intercessor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin intercessōrem.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.səˈso]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.seˈsoɾ]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun
editintercessor m (plural intercessors, feminine intercessora)
- (law, Christianity) intercessor (one who intercedes)
Adjective
editintercessor (feminine intercessora, masculine plural intercessors, feminine plural intercessores)
- (law, Christianity) interceding (that intercedes), mediating
Related terms
editFurther 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
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈkɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈt͡ʃes.sor/, [in̪t̪erˈt͡ʃɛsːor]
Noun
editintercessor m (genitive intercessōris, feminine intercestrīx); third declension
Declension
editThird-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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin intercessōrem.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun
editintercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)
- intercessor (one who intercedes)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “intercessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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