INTERCESSION Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

intercession

noun

Definition of intercession

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

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Noun

Thank you to Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon and everyone at the BOK Center for lifting me up in prayer that night.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Two Black men are rendered in graphite, eyes closed, mouths open with yearning, disclosing sighs of ecstasy or prayer.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of prayer

Noun

There were many other signs that Xi would not readily yield to Trump’s supplications.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of supplication

Noun

If Kagan let the appeal proceed, the Supreme Court would have had to block the $111 billion transaction while considering the petition.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
By October 1, 2026, the Court had agreed to hear 29 cases (only 21 of which were then scheduled for oral argument) while continuing to evaluate numerous petitions for review.

— Brian Duignan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of petition

Noun

The vast majority of those levies required authorization from Springfield, which never came despite entreaties from Johnson.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Alicent makes similar entreaties to Rhaenyra, offering to divide the kingdom, with Aegon in charge of the stormlands, westerlands, the Reach and rule from Oldtown, with everything to the north going to Rhaenyra.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of entreaty

Noun

The union forged ahead earlier this year despite pleas from fellow Democrats to drop the measure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
On July 23, 2025, Hippler sentenced him to four consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus another 10 years, as part of a plea deal in which Kohberger avoided the death penalty.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

Stories about the British Royal Family have enduring international appeal.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Just suffice it to say that both of their projects have broad cross-generational appeal, although Dean’s timeless grooves might be more squarely in the pocket for older voters, whereas Rodrigo has a dad-rock factor going for her.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeal

Noun

My favorite films in the fest so far can all be read as warm-hearted odes to human intimacy, intelligence, and grace.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Its cheetahs in motion, brought to life by Scalamandré, a high-end, heritage textile label, are the definition of grace — being all the more unmissable in context of that invirogating orange backdrop.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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