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subadvocates

subadvocates is the plural of subadvocate.

Meaning of subadvocate

Noun

subadvocate (plural subadvocates)

  1. (archaic, historical) A subordinate or minor advocate.
    • Next, in matters of death, the laws of England, whereof you have intruded to be an opiniastrous subadvocate, and are bound to defend them, conceive it not enjoined in Scripture, when or for what cause they shall put to death, as in adultery, theft, and the like.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Questions about subadvocates

What is subadvocates the plural of?
Subadvocates is the plural of subadvocate.

Words near subadvocates in the dictionary

  1. subadviser
  2. subadvisers
  3. subadvisor
  4. subadvisors
  5. subadvocate
  6. subadvocates
  7. subaerial
  8. subaerialism
  9. subaerialist
  10. subaerialists
  11. subaerially

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