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   Advocation , n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.]
   The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic]
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   The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
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   Advowson. [Obs.]
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   The donations or advocations of church livings.
   Sanderson.
   
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   (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
   Bell.
   
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