INTERCESSOR

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another. Milton.

2.
n.

A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.