DEVIL'S ADVOCATE


Meaning of DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: translation of New Latin advocatus diaboli

Date: 1760

1. : a Roman Catholic official whose duty is to examine critically the evidence on which a demand for beatification or canonization rests

2. : a person who champions the less accepted cause for the sake of argument

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.