Ad`vo*ca"tion (#), n. [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. ScotsLaw
The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Bell.
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