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intercessor (iou) and frieze (sh)


intercessor (iou)



intercessor noun. L15.
[Old French or Latin, from intercess-: see INTERCESSION, -OR.]
A person who intercedes on behalf of another, esp. by prayer. L15.
An intermediary, a go-between. M16-E17.
interce'ssorial adjective L18.

frieze (sh)




Any long, narrow, horizontal panel or ornamental band used for decorative purposes around the walls of a room or exterior walls of a building.

In Greco-Roman architecture it is a horizontal band, often decorated with relief sculpture, between the architrave and cornice of a building. The most famous decorative frieze is on the outer wall of the Parthenon in Athens, a 525-ft (160-m) representation of the ritual procession of the Panathenaic festival.