Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing intercession; interceding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
intercession
Etymologies
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Examples
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This study involves prayer at a distance, what we sometimes refer to as intercessory prayer.
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It is really, therefore, a sort of specimen of the praying for us in which He is _now_ engaged, and so is commonly called the intercessory or high-priestly prayer.
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Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will not hold ... peace ... not rest" (Isa 62: 1); Messiah's watchmen (Isa 62: 6, 7) imitate Him (Isa 62: 1) in intercessory "prayer without ceasing" for
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Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer.
Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today? 2010
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Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer.
Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today? 2010
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Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer.
Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today? Ben Sherwood 2010
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Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer.
Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today? 2010
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Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer.
Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today? 2010
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Last week researchers from six academic medical centers released results from a long-awaited study on so-called intercessory prayer and its effect on recovery after coronary-bypass surgery.
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It is called intercessory prayer, and yes, that objection has been pointed out and discussed in detail by none other than Calvin himself, centuries ago.
"A cloned human would be imbued with the same immaterial presence that binds us all, even Antonin Scalia, to the Godhead." Ann Althouse 2007
bilby commented on the word intercessory
"'What if powers within the Church interceded for you? If we brought the verdict from Granada to the Supreme Court in Madrid. It doesn't mete out punishment. But it makes the final decision in determining guilt. What if the patriarch from the patriarchate in Paris went to the pardon office in Madrid on your behalf? The king has the power to give pardons. What if we could document that you had donated most of the defrauded funds to our convent? And if all of us here prayed intercessory prayers for you?'"
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.
March 18, 2008