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- Latin · borrowed fromadvocatus
- English todayadvocatus
Borrowed from Latin advocatus. Doublet of advocate and avocat.
Words from the same roots
Latinadvocatus all →
advocateVoightavocatabogado
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
advocatus
Today it means: A medieval officeholder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey. Full definition →
Latin advocatus