- advocacy, one of the
earliest and most
important types of
advocatus was the
church advocate (
advocatus ecclesiae).
These were
originally lay lords, who not...
- 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...
- The
title of
Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, or
Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre, has been
ascribed to
Godfrey of
Bouillon in his role as the
first Latin ruler...
-
Kingdom of Jerusalem,
refused the
title of king
choosing instead the
title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, that is
Advocate or
Defender of the
Church of the Holy...
- he
avoided the
title of king,
preferring that of
prince (princeps) and
Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, or
Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre. He was the second...
- the Sun i.e., "do not
argue what is obviously/manifestly incorrect."
advocatus diaboli Devil's
advocate Someone who, in the face of a
specific argument...
- a term
descended from
mediaeval Latin vicedominus. Like the avoué or
advocatus, the
vidame was
originally a
secular official chosen by the
bishop of...
-
practised as an advocate,
pleading cases before the
emperors (probably as
advocatus fisci, an
important official of the
imperial treasury). It was in 147...
- distasteful. 'Lord Protector' has also been used as a
rendering of the
Latin Advocatus in the
sense of a
temporal Lord (such as a Monarch) who
acted as the protector...
-
Ealdorman Viscount,
Viscountess Castellan Burgrave,
Burgravine Landgrave Advocatus Vidame Starosta Baron,
Baroness Thane Lendmann Primor Boyar Ritter Baronet...