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religious prayer for acts upon others
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intercession

Summary

intercession ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • intercession is a type of reply[2].
  • intercession is a type of compassion[3].
  • intercession is a type of anaphora[4].
  • intercession's said to be the same as is recorded as shafa'ah[5].
  • intercession's facet of is recorded as prayer[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reply[2], compassion[3], and anaphora[4].

Influence

Things named for intercession include tawassul[7], an Islamic term[8].

Why It Matters

intercession ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).[1] intercession has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] intercession is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Entities named for intercession include tawassul[7], an Islamic term[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → shafa'ah
    Facet of → prayer
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → reply, compassion, anaphora
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3550, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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