advocatio Latin · revision 9843

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''advocātiō''' ''f'' (genitive advocātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|advocō|-tiō|t1=to summon, call in]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ⟨advocō⟩ is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|vocō|t=to call]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the classical period it was only a legal term: a body of legal advisers or advocates, as in Cicero; the functions of an advocate, pleading in the courts, advocacy, ''fiscī advocātiō'' the office of advocate of the treasury; and an adjournment of a trial, originally to seek legal help, a postponement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was the function of a patron, the right of presenting a cleric to a vacant benefice.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for judicial assistance, the ecclesiastical advowry, the office of the lay advocate of a church with its powers and rights, the king's power over royal churches, and the district under an advocate.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin also used it for a summons, invitation.^(DMLBS) English ''advocation'' (1520s) and, through Anglo-French ''advouison'', ''advowson'' (c. 1300) come from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in law.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''advowson'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1520s – English ''advocation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A body of legal advisers.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|advocacy|alt=Advocacy]], pleading in court.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' An [[m|en|adjournment]], postponement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|advowson|alt=Advowson]], the right of presenting to a benefice; the office of a church's advocate.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advocō]]

+ * [[advocātus]]

+ * [[vocō]]

+ * [[en|advowson]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}