ad|vo|ca|cy

ad|vo|ca|cy «AD vuh kuh see», noun.

1. the act of speaking or writing in favor of something; public recommendation; support: »

The President's advocacy of the plan won support for it.

2. a) the profession or art of pleading a case before a court. b) the pleading of a case: »

A lawyer's professional advocacy of a case does not always imply his private belief in it.

╂[< Middle French advocacie, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin advocatia < Latin advocātus an advocate]