Crossword clues for advocation
advocation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Advocation \Ad`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.]
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The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.
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Advowson. [Obs.]
The donations or advocations of church livings.
--Sanderson. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
--Bell.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) The act of advocate or pleading.
Usage examples of "advocation".
They're particularly keen on our advocation that Wyoming and most of Montana be turned into a gigantic National Park where we'll bring back the buffalo, elk, antelope and other wild life, and even any Indians that wish to return to their old nomadic way of life.