Meaning of INTERCESSOR
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ter*ces"sor\, n. [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.
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