About The Word Advocation
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Advocation
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What's The Definition Of Advocation?Synonyms | Synonyms for Advocation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Advocation: See Also | Advocation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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