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Advocatory
has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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| advocate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to support or recommend publicly; plead for or speak in favour of |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter |
| 3. | a person who intercedes on behalf of another |
| 4. | barrister solicitor See also counsellor a person who pleads his client's cause in a court of law |
| 5. | Scots law the usual word for barrister |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin advocātus legal witness, advocate, from advocāre to call as witness, from vocāre to call] | |
| advo'catory | |
| —adj | |
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