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Advocation vs Affirmation - What's the difference?

advocation | affirmation |

As nouns the difference between advocation and affirmation

is that advocation is (archaic) the act of advocating or pleading while affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

advocation

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The act of advocating or pleading.
  • (British, legal) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
  • (Scotland, legal) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

    • References

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    affirmation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

    • Synonyms

    * assertion

    Derived terms

    * self-affirmation

    See also

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