A Dictionary of the English Language
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Advocation

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Advoca'tion. n.s. [from advocate.] The office of pleading; plea; apology.

                Alas! thrice gentle Cassio,
My advocation is not now in tune;
My lord is not my lord; nor should I know him,
Were he in favour, as in humour, alter'd. Shakesp. Othello.

Sources: Shakespeare's Othello (60)

Attributes: Noun Substantive (1269)

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