advocati ecclesiae
advocati ecclesiae (ad-v[schwa]-kay-tI e-klee-z[h]ee-ee), n. pl.[Latin “church advocates”] Hist. Eccles. law. 1. Church patrons who had a right to present a clerk to a benefice. See ADVOWSON. 2. Legal advocates retained to argue cases relating to a church.
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