intercessor
One who intervenes
An intercessor is someone who intervenes on behalf of another, especially through prayer or petition.
The term appears most often in religious contexts, where an intercessor prays for others or mediates between humans and the divine: She served as an intercessor for the congregation.
More broadly, any advocate who pleads another's cause: The lawyer acted as intercessor between the families.
One who resolves disputes
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
facilitator · reconciler · conciliator · negotiator · peacemaker · diplomat · envoy · buffer
Address to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- saintCanonized holy person
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- petitionFormal written appeal
divine · blessing · priest · prophet · altar · sanctuary · shrine · devotion
Top competitor, or advocate
- defenderOne who guards another
- pleaderOne who argues formally
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- representativeOne who acts for another
voice · patron · protector · ally · backer · counsel · ambassador · proponent
arbitrator
One who resolves disputes
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
broker · facilitator · reconciler · conciliator · negotiator · peacemaker · diplomat · envoy · buffer · bridge-builder
prayer
Address to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- saintCanonized holy person
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
petition · divine · blessing · priest · prophet · altar · sanctuary · shrine · devotion · worship
champion
Top competitor, or advocate
- defenderOne who guards another
- pleaderOne who argues formally
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
representative · voice · patron · protector · ally · backer · counsel · ambassador · proponent · supporter
counsel
Expert guidance offered
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- representativeOne who acts for another
court · tribunal · hearing · plaintiff · defendant · petition · appeal · brief · clemency · pardon
- advocatesadvocate, activist, campaigner, crusader, defender
- mediatorsmediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator, negotiators
- negotiatorsnegotiator, bargainer, dealmaker, arbitrator, haggler
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
- prayerprayer meeting, prayer circle, prayer group, prayer circles, supplication
- sainthoodcanonization, saint, beatification, sainthood, patron saints
intercessortroublemaker
One who creates discord
instigator · agitator · provocateur · antagonist · firebrand
intercessoraccuser
One who alleges wrongdoing
prosecutor · persecutor · denouncer · judge · plaintiff
- divine intercessionGod acting in events
- intercessory prayerPlea to God for others