The saints aid us by their intercession.
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Intercession
Synonyms for "intercession" (50 found)
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31 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- شَفَاعَة noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
- وَسَاطَة noun (the act of intervening)
Bulgarian
2 entries- застъпничество noun (the act of intervening)
- ходатайство noun (the act of intervening)
Catalan
1 entries- intercessió noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Danish
3 entries- forbøn noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
- formidling noun (the act of intervening)
- mellemkomst noun (the act of intervening)
Dutch
1 entries- voorspraak noun (the act of intervening)
French
2 entries- intercession noun (the act of intervening)
- intercession noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Georgian
1 entries- ქომაგობა noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
German
2 entries- Fürbitte noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
- Fürsprache noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Hungarian
1 entries- közbenjárás noun (the act of intervening)
Icelandic
3 entries- bænarstaður noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
- fyrirbæn noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
- meðalganga noun (the act of intervening)
Ido
1 entries- interceso noun (the act of intervening)
Irish
1 entries- idirghuí noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Italian
1 entries- intercessione noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Persian
1 entries- شفاعت noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Polish
1 entries- wstawiennictwo noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Portuguese
2 entries- intercessão noun (the act of intervening)
- intercessão noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Russian
1 entries- посре́дничество noun (the act of intervening)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zagovor noun (the act of intervening)
- за̏гово̄р noun (the act of intervening)
Spanish
1 entries- intercesión noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Swedish
1 entries- förbön noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Ukrainian
1 entries- заступництво noun (a prayer to God on behalf of another person)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I would not be alive today were it not for the intercession of my guardian angel.
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I don't know what I would have done without Tom's intercession.
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We prayed for heavenly intercession.
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