资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Advocation \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. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an
      inferior court to the supreme court. --Bell.