dev|il's advocate

dev|il's advocate
dev|il's advocate «DEHV uhlz»,
1. Roman Catholic Church. a person appointed to examine the evidence and present arguments that must be satisfactorily answered, against the beatification or canonization of a person; advocatus diaboli.
2. a critic who argues either against a popular cause or for an unpopular cause.
[translation of Medieval or New Latin advocatus diaboli]

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