Advocation
Advocation ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin advocatio: compare Old French 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.
2.
Advowson. [Obsolete]
The donations or advocations of church livings.
3.
(Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. — Bell