mediatorshipn.
/ˈmiːdɪeɪtəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmidiˌeɪdərˌʃɪp/ The office or position of a mediator (esp. in theological contexts; see mediator n. 1a).
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation > mediator > position of
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a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie viii. iv. §6 Government doth belong to his kingly office, mediatorship, to his priestly.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 378 His ready addressednesse to the gracious workes of his Mediatorship.
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 242 Their masters had undertaken the mediatorship of a general peace.
1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxiv. 228 The Mediatorship of Christ.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. 186 It would appear that our Lord is called the Word or Wisdom of God in two respects; first, to denote His essential presence in the Father..: secondly, His mediatorship.
1908 Catholic Encycl. IV. 174/1 Nor is there any force in the oft-repeated argument that the Catholic dogma detracts from Christ's mediatorship.
1978 D. M. Hope in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy ii. iii. ix. 230 The mediatorship of Christ.
1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 233 Without her empowering mediatorship.., the season and the moiety cannot change, and balance cannot be maintained.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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