Definition of Advocates. Meaning of Advocates. Synonyms of Advocates

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Definition of Advocates

Advocate
Advocate Ad"vo*cate, v. i. To act as advocate. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Advocate
Advocate Ad"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Advocating.] [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. To advocate the cause of thy client. --Bp. Sanderson (1624). This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated. --Burke. Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. --Mitford.

Meaning of Advocates from wikipedia

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- Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Gaelic: Dàmh an Luchd-tagraidh) is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the...
- now advised on Scots law by the Advocate General for Scotland. The Lord Advocate is not head of the Faculty of Advocates; that position is held by the Dean...
- is still undertaken by solicitor advocates with many years of advocacy practice behind them. Some solicitor advocates have been working exclusively in...
- The advocatus diaboli (Latin for Devil's advocate) is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued...
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