advocation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson.
Noun[edit]
advocation (countable and uncountable, plural advocations)
- (archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
- (UK, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
- (Scots law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
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References[edit]
- “advocation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “advocation, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.