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Webster 1913 Edition
Intercessor
Inˊter-ces′sor
,Noun.
[L., a surety: cf. F.
intercesseur
.] 1.
One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator.
(a)
One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them.
(b)
One who pleads in behalf of another.
Milton.
2.
(Eccl.)
A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intercessor
INTERCES'SOR
,Noun.
1.
A mediator; one who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; one who pleads in behalf of another.2.
A bishop who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is elected.Definition 2024
intercessor
intercessor
English
Alternative forms
- intercessour (obsolete)
Noun
intercessor (plural intercessors)
- A person who intercedes; a mediator
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
one who intercedes
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References
- ↑ “intercessor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.sɔr]
Noun
intercessor m (genitive intercessōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | intercessor | intercessōrēs |
| genitive | intercessōris | intercessōrum |
| dative | intercessōrī | intercessōribus |
| accusative | intercessōrem | intercessōrēs |
| ablative | intercessōre | intercessōribus |
| vocative | intercessor | intercessōrēs |
References
- 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)
Portuguese
Noun
intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)
- intercessor (one who intercedes)