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  • The inscription on it is "Honorable homme maître Nicole Leroux licentie es loix advocant et Marie Bunel sa feme ont donne ceste vitreau moys de may lan de grace 1549 priez dieu pour eulx."

    The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

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  • I heard something like this being said by Anthony Lewis on a FORA.tv interview. In its context it referred to someone advocating a particular position. I thought it was another way of saying 'advocate', but it may have been the latter word after all.

    Thanks very much.I greatly enjoy engaging with WORDNIK.

    My name is Errol Alphonso, and I am a Writer and Veteran Broadcaster, in Sri Lanka.

    Right on!

    March 27, 2009