intercession

intercession
/in'teuhr sesh"euhn/, n.
1. an act or instance of interceding.
2. an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person.
3. a prayer to God on behalf of another.
4. Rom. Hist. the interposing of a veto, as by a tribune.
[1400-50; late ME < L intercession- (s. of intercessio), equiv. to intercess(us) ptp. of intercedere to INTERCEDE (equiv. to interced- var. s. + -tus ptp. suffix, with -dt- > -ss-) + -ion- -ION]

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