intercessor
English
Alternative forms
- intercessour (obsolete)
Etymology
Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor,[1] from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌsɛsə(ɹ)/
Noun
intercessor (plural intercessors)
- A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.
- A middleman, intermediary
- 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
- Kings were revered, in many cases not merely as priests, that is, as intercessors between man and god, but as themselves gods
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- A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.
Related terms
- intercede
- intercession
- intercessory
Translations
one who intercedes
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “intercessor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin intercessor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.təɾ.səˈso/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.tər.səˈso/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.teɾ.seˈsoɾ/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun
intercessor m (plural intercessors, feminine intercessora)
- intercessor (one who intercedes)
Adjective
intercessor (feminine intercessora, masculine plural intercessors, feminine plural intercessores)
- interceding (that intercedes)
Related terms
- intercedir
Further reading
- “intercessor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “intercessor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈkɛs̠ːɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈt͡ʃes.sor/, [in̪t̪erˈt͡ʃɛsːor]
Noun
intercessor m (genitive intercessōris, feminine intercestrīx); third declension
- mediator, intercessor
Declension
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
- Catalan: intercessor
- Galician: intercesor
- Italian: intercessore
- Occitan: intercessor
- Portuguese: intercessor
- Spanish: intercesor
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intercessōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.seˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.teh.seˈsoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.seˈsoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.seˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.teχ.seˈsoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.seˈsoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɨˈsoɾ/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ces‧sor
Noun
intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)
- intercessor (one who intercedes)
Related terms
- interceder
Further reading
- “intercessor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.