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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ad·vo·ca·tion n.
 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. Scots Law The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
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