mediatorial

American  

[mee-dee-uh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / ˌmi di əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.

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Usage

What does mediatorial mean? Mediatorial means involving, relating to, or resembling a mediator—a person who mediates or helps to settle a dispute or create agreement when there is conflict between two or more people or groups by acting as an intermediary or go-between for those parties.This process is called mediation, and it always involves a mediator acting as an impartial third party to guide the communication between the conflicting parties.Sometimes, mediation happens in an informal way. You might act in a mediatorial capacity to help two friends settle an argument. But mediation and related terms are perhaps most commonly used in more specific ways in formal situations, such as mediation between a company and its striking employees or mediation between spouses who are getting divorced.Example: I tried to take a mediatorial role to smooth things over between my sisters.

Etymology

Origin of mediatorial

First recorded in 1640–50; mediatory + -al ¹

Example Sentences

But so far is he from this, that he freely offers to sinners the benefit of his mediatorial office.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

The incarnation of the Son of God, his work of atonement for sinners of mankind, and his mediatorial intercession and reign.

From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)

The fact, that God admitted and promoted the rebuilding of the temple, was an actual declaration that the Levitical priesthood was reinstated in its mediatorial office.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Then, again, society assigns her a sort of mediatorial position between the Church and the world; she is the point of transition between the clergy and their flocks.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

I cannot tell the meaning of these figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ’s mediatorial function.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John