From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintercessionin‧ter‧ces‧sion /ˌɪntəˈseʃən $ -tər-/ noun formal 1 [uncountable]SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN when someone talks to a person in authority in order to prevent something bad happening to someone else → intercede2 [countable, uncountable]RR a prayer asking for someone to be helped or curedOrigin intercession (1400-1500) French Latin intercedere; → INTERCEDE
