advocation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Advocation \Ad`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.]
1.The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
2.Advowson. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The donations or advocations of church livings.— Sanderson.[1913 Webster]
3.(Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. --Bell. [1913 Webster]