Word Meanings - INTERCESSORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.

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• INTERCEDE
  1. To pass between; to intervene. He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. 2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead
• PRAYERFUL
  Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The prayerful man." J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n.
• INTERCESSIONAL
  Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• CHARACTERIZE
  1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the
• INTERCEDENT
  Passing between; mediating; pleading. -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• INTERCESSIONATE
  To entreat.
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• INTERCEDENCE
  The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. Bp. Reynolds.
• INTERCESSORY
  Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.
• PRAYERLESS
  Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer. "The next time you go prayerless to bed." Baxter. -- Prayer"less*ly, adv. -- Prayer"less*ness, n.
• CHARACTERIZATION
  The act or process of characterizing.
• INTERCEDER
  One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson.
• NATURE
  1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order
• INTERCESSION
  The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or against, another or others. But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
• PRAYER
  One who prays; a supplicant.
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• MISCHARACTERIZE
  To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.
• TRANSNATURE
  To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel.
• DENATURE
  To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
• SIGNATURE
  An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated. Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use. Dr. H. More. (more info) 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal. The brain, being well
• DISNATURED
  Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. Shak.
• BIDDING PRAYER
  The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.