advocation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson === Noun === advocation (countable and uncountable, plural advocations) (archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading. (UK, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. (Scots law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. ==== Derived terms ==== === 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, 2004–present, →OCLC.