intercessor

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• intercessour (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

intercessor (plural intercessors)

1. A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.
2. A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.

Related termsEdit

• intercede
• intercession
• intercessory

TranslationsEdit

one who intercedes

• Catalan: intercessor m
• French: intercesseur (fr) m
• Hebrew: שְׁתַדְּלָן‎‎ m (sh'tadlán)
• Portuguese: intercessor (pt) m

• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik), посре́дница (ru) f (posrédnica)
• Spanish: intercesor m
• Yiddish: שתּדלן‎‎ m (shtadlen)

ReferencesEdit

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.sɔr]

NounEdit

intercessor m (genitive intercessōris); third declension

1. mediator, intercessor

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	intercessor	intercessōrēs
genitive	intercessōris	intercessōrum
dative	intercessōrī	intercessōribus
accusative	intercessōrem	intercessōrēs
ablative	intercessōre	intercessōribus
vocative	intercessor	intercessōrēs

ReferencesEdit

• 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, 1883–1887)

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)

1. intercessor (one who intercedes)