Advocation

Ad·vo·ca·tion

Advocation

n.
  1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic]
    The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us.
  2. Advowson. [Obs.]
    The donations or advocations of church livings.
    — Sanderson.
  3. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. (Scots Law)