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intercessionary

intercessionary

9.6
Relating to prayers that ask God to help other people
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈsɛʃənˌɛri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intercesional
  • Many believers participate in intercessionary practices to support friends and family in their time of need.

One of which was intercessionary prayer, people praying for their well-being.

Examples

  • This "mysticism of blood" (Blutsmystik), condensed in the virtual flow of Christ's blood, underscores the intercessionary potential of the whole program.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Only then can the peculiar fusion of sacramental, salvific, and intercessionary meanings be grasped.

    Academic text (2005)

  • One of which was intercessionary prayer, people praying for their well-being.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • In the medallion, Christ holds a single host before his body, a theme echoed in the church's stone sacrament house, on which an intercessionary Man of Sorrows stands under a baldachin.

    Academic text (2005)

  • We find the intercessionary Christ playing the most important role given him in German art of the time in a large votive panel in the parish church of St. Peter in Munich, produced by a follower of Jan Polack about 1517 (Fig. 22).

    Academic text (2005)

  • During the service, the pastor encouraged everyone to engage in intercessionary prayer for those facing difficulties.

  • The community gathered for a special intercessionary event, praying together for peace and healing.

Synonyms

intercessory
vsintercessionary
1 8.3

Asking for help for someone else, usually by prayer

is specifically about intervening or praying for others in religious contexts
intercessional
vsintercessionary
  • Specialized
9.3

About prayers that ask for help for other people

is the same meaning but differs in form
supplicatory
vsintercessionary
  • Formal
9.9

Asking for help in a humble, urgent way

is about praying or intervening for others rather than a plea tone

Antonyms

self-centered
  • US
56 3.9

A person who is only interested in their own needs and not in other people's feelings

Surface Forms

intercessionary positive

Morphology

intercessionary = intercession (transparent) = intercession + ary

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ary' to 'intercession', so the meaning 'relating to intercession' is directly derived.

Etymology

Intercessionary comes from parts meaning 'between' (inter-) and 'go' (cede, as in proceed). So an intercessionary prayer or action 'goes between' for someone, asking for help or forgiveness on their behalf.