In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to
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"God worketh all things amongst us mediately."
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"The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king."
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