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One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

Christ, considered as an intercessor.

To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

To act as advocate.

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

Christ, considered as an intercessor.

To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

To act as advocate.

One called to the aid of another; one who pleads the cause of another in a court of law; a pleader in favor of any person or thing.

One who pleads the cause of another esp. in a court of law.

To plead in favor of.

ADVOCATION.

One who pleads for another; a lawyer; a maintainer.

To plead for; to support.

To speak in favor of; plead for.

An intercessor; counselor.

One who pleads the cause of another before a judge in a court of law; a barrister; one who defends or promotes a cause.

To plead in favour of; to indicate. Faculty of Advocates, in Scotland, the body of barristers permitted to plead in the supreme courts. Lord Advocate, in Scotland, the principal crown counsel, the public prosecutor in criminal cases, and a functionary of the government for the time being. Judge Advocate, in courts martial, a person who conducts the prosecution. The Devil's Advocate, in the Romish Church, a person appointed to show reason why one whom it is proposed to canonize should not receive canonization.

One who pleads the cause of another in a court of law; one who defends.

To plead the cause of another.

n. One who pleads any cause; specifically, before any tribunal or judicial court.

He that pleads the cause of another in a court of judicature; he that pleads any cause, in whatever manner, as a controverted or vindicator.