Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-TER-CES'SOR
IN-TER-CES'SION-ALIN-TER-CES'SO-RY
IN-TER-CES'SOR, n. [L. See Intercede.]
- A mediator; one who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; one who pleads in behalf of another. Milton.
- A bishop who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is elected. Encyc.
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