Advocate
Ad´vo`cate
| n. | 1. | One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. | |||||||||
| 2. | One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; | ||||||||||
| 3. | Christ, considered as an intercessor.
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| v. t. | 1. | To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. | |||||||||
| v. i. | 1. | To act as advocate. | |||||||||
| Noun | 1. |  advocate - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| 2. | advocate - a lawyer who pleads cases in court | |
| Verb | 1. | advocate - push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| 2. | advocate - speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" Synonyms: preach |
ADVOCATE, civil and ecclesiastical law. 1. An officer who maintains or de
fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in
the common law.
2. Lord Advocate. An, officer of state in Scotland, appointed by the
king, to advise about the making and executing the law, to prosecute capital
crimes, &c.
3. College or faculty of advocates. A college consisting of 180
persons, appointed to plead in. all actions before the lords of sessions.
4. Church or ecclesiastical advocates. Pleaders appointed by the church
to maintain its rights.
5.-2. A patron who has the advowson or presentation to a church.
Tech. Dict.; Ayl. Per. 53; Dane Ab. c.,31, Sec. 20. See Counsellor at law;
Honorarium.