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Definition 2024
advocatus_diaboli
advocatus diaboli
See also: Advocatus Diaboli
Latin
Noun
- the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church whose role it is to argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint.
Antonyms
- advocātus Deī
Descendants
- English: devil's advocate (calque)
- Portuguese: advogado do diabo (calque)