Lexic.us

Definition of Mediator

1. Noun. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.

Definition of Mediator

1. n. One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.

Definition of Mediator

1. Noun. One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement ¹

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Definition of Mediator

1. one that mediates [n -S] - See also: mediates

Medical Definition of Mediator

1. An object or substance by which something is mediated, such as 1. A structure of the nervous system that transmits impulses eliciting a specific response. 2. A chemical substance (transmitter substance) that induces activity in an excitable tissue, such as nerve or muscle, or 3. A substance released from cells as the result of the interaction of antigen with antibody or by the action of antigen with a sensitised lymphocyte. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mediator

Literary usage of Mediator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a by Charles Buck (1838)
"mediator, a person that intervenes between two parties at variance, ... The idea, therefore, of salvation by a mediator, is not so norel or restricted as ..."

2. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"riL THE OFFICE OF mediator. IT was of great importance to our interests, that he, v>ho was to be our mediator, should be both true God and true man. ..."

3. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1815)
"Indeed, the whole selves; and those well known tender affections which are only figuratively ascribed to the Deity, are in our great mediator, ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Charles came back, not as a mediator between his people and a victorious enemy, ... The mediator, a title of Jesus Christ, given with reference to his ..."

5. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Daubeny (1843)
"So straight I went to Captain C He wasn't no abator, And there I stumpt the precious tin Aboard the mediator. " Thinks I, a bit of good salt beef And mealy ..."

6. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Now it is clear, there is but one mediator betwixt God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who is head of his church ? and whosoever hath set up, ..."

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