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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Advocation

/ădˌ-vək-āsh'-ən/ · Ad·vo·ca·tion · IPA /ˌædvəkˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
  1. 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. 2.
    Advowson.[Obs.]
    “The donations or advocations of church livings.” — Sanderson.
  3. 3.
    The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.(Scots Law)