ADVOCATION
Etymology
Noun
advocation (countable and uncountable, plural advocations)
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
(British, legal) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, legal) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`vo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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