intermediacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of intermediacy
First recorded in 1705–15; intermedi(ate) 1 + -acy
Example Sentences
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It is now alleged that departed persons need not exert influence through their dead bones alone, nor yet only by their supposed intermediacy with higher powers.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
This intermediacy has doubtful significance, because fin-size in Rhinichthys varies greatly with body-size, sex, and probably with the state of sexual development.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Frank B. Cross
Not only is it phrased in the most friendly terms, but it invites a submission of further evidence regarding the Lusitania's alleged guns and even the resumption of negotiations with Great Britain through American intermediacy.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
Seemingly, features of color mentioned above as diagnostic of the two subspecies are either present or absent and there is no tendency toward intermediacy in color in the population from 3 mi.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
Several of the aspirants to Ice-Heart's hand had been chosen by them and conveyed to the neighborhood of the palace by their intermediacy from remote lands.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
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