intercessor

[ in-ter-ses-er, in-ter-ses-er ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈsɛs ər, ˈɪn tərˌsɛs ər /

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noun

a person who intercedes.

Origin of intercessor

1475–85; <Latin, equivalent to interced- (see intercession) + -tor-tor, with dt>ss

OTHER WORDS FROM intercessor

sub·in·ter·ces·sor, noun

Words nearby intercessor

intercensal, intercept, interception, interceptor, intercession, intercessor, intercessory, interchange, interchangeable, interchurch, intercilium

Example sentences from the Web for intercessor

Nothing will so test and stimulate the Christian life as the honest attempt to be an intercessor.
The Ministry of Intercession|Andrew Murray
It is because he has been in the wrong that an intercessor is necessary for me.
Kept in the Dark|Anthony Trollope
Agias was full of protestations of delight at beholding his intercessor and ransomer.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis
And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor.
The Ministry of Intercession|Andrew Murray

When dead, he was worshiped as a saint and regarded as an intercessor between God and his lower fellow-creatures.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries|Alfred Wesley Wishart