intercession

noun

Definition of intercessionnext
as in prayer

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Recent Examples of intercession Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 While parishioners gathered at a church near her mother’s home for intercession, Savannah Guthrie pleaded on Instagram. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 The salvific intercessions of a goddess would have been needed. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 This is not the first time the Bears have risen to heavenly heights amid suspicions of supernatural intercession. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intercession
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercession
  1. prayer
  2. supplication
  3. petition
  4. entreaty
  5. invocation
  6. plea
  7. appeal
  8. grace
Noun
  • Pamela with Sayveon and her youngest sonPamela Anderson Pamela and her community in Charlottesville have turned to prayer.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 20 July 2026
  • Funerals were scarcely allowed in occupied Bershad, and public prayers for the dead were virtually impossible, said Shternshis.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of prayer
Noun
  • Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of supplication
Noun
  • The vote came to 5-2, in the petition’s favor, with McMullen himself and member Kaety Bowers voting no.
    — Zuri Primos July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Nearly 900 people signed a petition against the rezoning in recent months.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of petition
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  • These are the people who will likely be most amenable to negotiations or personal entreaties.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 June 2026
  • Rajoub refused the entreaty, much to the frustration and embarrassment of Infantino.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Definition of entreaty
Noun
  • Then came the invocation delivered by the Bishop of Washington, and then the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Dillon Ripley, welcomed everyone who had come out for the ceremony.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • The invocation of Wilson Björck is useful.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of invocation
Noun
  • Each post has been circulated repeatedly with desperate pleas from bereaved owners and basic information about their beloved animals.
    — Anabella Gonzalez, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Deborah Black had to pay $16,000 in restitution, while Victoria Wilson agreed to repay the city $12,000 in her plea deal.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of plea
Noun
  • The verdict is still subject to post-trial motions and possible appeals.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Plastic appeals to cats because of its texture, sound and smell.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of appeal
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  • This is Southport's favorite son, and one of golf's most beloved figures because of his grace handling more tough losses than wins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Odette Estate is named in homage to characters from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and essays by Proust because the moniker represents grace and triumph.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
Definition of grace

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