1. (n.) One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator\. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.

2. (n.) A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.

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