\Ad`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. 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.                    --Jer. Taylor.
2. Advowson. [Obs.]
         The donations or advocations of church livings.
                                               --Sanderson.
3. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an
   inferior court to the supreme court. --Bell.