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单词 advocary
释义

advocaryn.

Forms: late Middle English aduocaries (plural).
Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: English aduocacie , advocacy n.; Latin advocaria.
Etymology: Either (i) a transmission error for aduocacie, variant of advocacy n. (compare the alternative manuscript reading of a1413 given in quot. ?a1425), or (ii) < post-classical Latin advocaria avowry, patronage, protection (9th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources; compare also avoeria (12th cent. in a British source)), apparently < classical Latin advocāre advocate v. + -īa -y suffix3, probably after Old French avoerie , avouerie (although this is first attested later: see avowry n.).
Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: an act of pleading or advocating.
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?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) ii. l. 1469 Be ye not ware how þat fals polyfete Is now about eftsones for ȝow to plete And bring on ȝow aduocaries [a1413 Morgan aduocacies, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 aduocatis] newe?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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