advocation
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Ad·vo·ca·tion
n.
[L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.]
1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic]
The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.Jer. Taylor.
2. Advowson. [Obs.]
The donations or advocations of church livings.Sanderson.
3. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.
