Advocati Ecclesiae
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Advocates of the church. These were of two sorts; those retained as pleaders to argue the cases of the church and attend to its law matters, and advocates, or patrons of the advowson, Cowell; Spelman. ADVOCATI FlSCl.
In civil law. Those chosen by the emperor to argue his cause whenever a question arose affecting his revenues. Calv. Lex.; 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 27.