Dictionary entry

Advocation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad′vo‐ca″tion (�), n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.] 1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

The holy Jesus... sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Advowson.

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.