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noun

Advocation n.

The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. (Archaic) "The holy Jesus... sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us."

Advowson. (Obs.) "The donations or advocations of church livings."

(Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

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Etymology of 'Advocation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Advocation" Quotes from Famous Books

... that ever since the sacraments have been administered in these islands, storms and earthquakes have ceased. Let a chapel be built at once with the advocation of Saint John the Baptist, and a monastery, though it be a small one, for Franciscan friars, whose ...

— The History of Puerto Rico - From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation • R.A. Van Middeldyk

... 1578 it was raised to the dignity of a Cathedral, at the instance of the King. Three years after this date the Cathedral of Manila was solemnly declared to be a "Suffragan Cathedral of Mexico, under the advocation of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception"; Domingo Salazar being the first Bishop consecrated. He now proposed to raise the Manila See to an Archbishopric, with three Suffragan Bishops. The King gave his consent, subject to approval from Rome, and this following in ...

— The Philippine Islands • John Foreman