advocatus Dei

noun

A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue for the canonization of the proposed candidate.

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalCatholicismA canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue for the canonization of the proposed candidate.
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APA

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