advocation

advocation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Advowson. [Obs.] The donations or advocations of church livings. Sanderson.
  2. 2.(Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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