MEDIATIZATION
Me`di*at`i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. médiatisation.]
Defn: The act of mediatizing.
MEDIATIZE
Me"di*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mediatized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mediatizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. médiatiser.]
Defn: To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; — specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.
MEDIATOR
Me"di*a`tor, n. Etym: [L. mediator: cf. E. médiateur.]
Defn: One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between
parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an
intercessor.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5.
MEDIATORIAL
Me`di*a*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as,
a mediatorial office.
— Me`di*a*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial. Burke.
MEDIATORSHIP
Me"di*a`tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office or character of a mediator.