单词 | intercessor |
释义 | intercessorn. 1. a. One who intercedes or interposes on behalf of another; a mediator. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun] > one who forespeakerc1175 sequesterc1380 meanc1384 meanera1387 mediatorc1410 advocatec1450 intercessor1482 advowrer1508 attorney1537 paranympha1538 paraclete?1548 advocator1588 intercedera1656 intercedenta1661 supercargo1713 citizen advocate1958 1482 Monk of Evesham 91 The whyche schulde be deuowt and meke intercessours to god bothe for hym that byn a lyue and for hym that byn dede. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 360 He would advise with the King, to whom he would also be an Intercessor, for attaining such things as related to the Peace. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 219 On mans behalf Patron or Intercessor none appeerd. View more context for this quotation 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. x. 232 Charles..eluded a demand urged by such powerful intercessors. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 103 Beorn was persuaded to undertake the office of intercessor with the King on Swegen's behalf. b. In religious use: One that intercedes with God for man; a Mediator. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > mediator between God and man thingerOE meana1382 mediatorc1384 intercessora1530 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxviii And that we sholde make the holy sayntes in heuen our intercessours. a1540 R. Barnes Lawfull for Priestes to marry Wiues in W. Tyndale et al. Wks. (1573) ii. 337/1 If you wyll bee Christes, make hym alonely your mediatour and your intercessour to the father of heauen. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 73 Some great Umpire, and Intercessour, to open him a new way of access to God. 1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. 312 It cannot be thought unreasonable..that a Mediatour or Intercessour should be appointed between God and Man. 1856 H. Conant Eng. Bible iv. 55 Saint-worship..had substituted, for the one Mediator, a countless army of intercessors in the Saints of the Romish Calendar. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as dealerc1000 meanc1384 mediatorc1390 moyen1455 intermediator1522 broker1530 middlera1533 intercessor1554 mercury1602 intermedial1605 transactor1611 interdealer1613 intermeddler1630 intercommuner1638 middleman1648 second hand1655 inter-agent1728 intermediary1791 in-between1815 medium1817 intermediate1879 come-between1919 tolkach1955 1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 8 §25 We..make most humble Suit unto your Majesties to be likewise Means and Intercessors, that all Occasions of Contention..may..be abolished. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 362 By intercessours he was assured unto the Duke of Beiar his brothers daughter. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Intercessore, an intercessour, one..that sues, that goes betweene,..a mediator. 3. Christian Church. (See quot. 1728) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > vacancy of > bishop administering during intercessor1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Intercessor was also a Term heretofore applied to such Bishops, as, during the Vacancy of a See, administer'd the Bishopric, till a Successor to the deceased Bishop had been elected. The third Council of Carthage calls these Interventors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1482 |
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