advocatus Dei
noun
ad·vo·ca·tus Dei
¦ad-və-¦kā-təs-ˈdē-ˌī;
¦ad-və-¦kä-təs-ˈdā-ˌē,
¦äd-vō-¦kä-ˌtu̇s-
: an official of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Rites whose duty is to refute the objections raised by the advocatus diaboli against the beatification or canonization of a person
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin
First Known Use
1858, in the meaning defined above
- unmanageabilities
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- unmanaged
- unmanful
- unmanfully
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- unmanlier
- unmanliest
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- unmanlinesses
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- unmannered
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- unmannerliness
- unmannerlinesses
- unmannerly
- unmanning
- unmans