advocation

English

Etymology

From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson.

Noun

advocation (countable and uncountable, plural advocations)

1. (archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
2. (UK, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
3. (Scots law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

Derived terms

• advocational

 

See also

• avocation

References

• “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.