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

Sitake winds up practice with a prayer and insists that the defense and offense shake hands after going at one another all day.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
In 1697 the Massachusetts General Court ordered a day of fasting and prayer to repent for the unlawfulness of the trials.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 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

The question is going to voters because opponents gathered petition signatures forcing a referendum.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Attorneys for Pro Silver Star sent the band a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday, the filing states, and a copy of the petition for the restraining order and injunction on Friday.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of petition

Noun

But such is the scale of Brazil’s polarization that many Brazilians are insensible to Lula’s entreaties and want the left defeated.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Abroad, their entreaties had remained unsuccessful, their diplomats had remained unrecognized, and their national existence had remained unrealized.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of entreaty

Noun

The invocation of the former district attorney in the mayor’s race is more complicated.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Bailey, a downstate farmer seeking to reverse his loss to Pritzker four years ago, sought to turn the governor’s frequent invocations of Trump into a game.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of invocation

Noun

In August 2023, Bangs offered LaGrone an earlier plea agreement under which he would have been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a record in the district clerk’s file.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
An Eagle man charged with animal cruelty in the shooting deaths of two caged cats was ordered to serve a total of 14 days in jail after accepting a plea deal in August, according to court records.

— Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

While not guaranteed, the appeal is likely to be taken back up by the same three-judge appellate panel who previously heard — and rejected — the administration’s emergency request to block state officials from counting the ballots.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Nasdaq's growing appeal stems in part from revisions to its index inclusion mechanisms and listing rules implemented earlier this year.

— , CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeal

Noun

Keep your core circle close, but allow everyone the grace to navigate their own process.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Maybe no scene better embodies Lee’s exquisite communion with his characters than his last one, which supplies them with a hint of grace.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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