"advocatus diaboli" meaning in Latin

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    {
      "word": "advocātus Deī"
    }
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          "expansion": "English: devil's advocate",
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      "text": "English: devil's advocate (calque)"
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: advogado do diabo",
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      "text": "Portuguese: advogado do diabo (calque)"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From advocātus (“advocate”) + diabolī (“of the devil”) the genitive singular of diabolus (“the devil”). Literally meaning \"the devil's advocate\".",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "advocātus diabolī",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātus diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātōrum diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātō diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātīs diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātum diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātōs diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātō diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātīs diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocāte diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "1": "advocātus<2> diabolī"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church whose role it is to argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint."
      ],
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        ],
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        [
          "canonization",
          "canonization"
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        [
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        ],
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          "saint",
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        ]
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      "wikipedia": [
        "advocatus diaboli"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äd̪u̯ɔˈkäːt̪ʊs̠ d̪iˈäbɔlʲiː]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ad.voˈka.tus diˈa.bo.li/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äd̪voˈkäːt̪us d̪iˈäːboli]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "advocatus diaboli"
}

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    {
      "word": "advocātus Deī"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          },
          "expansion": "(calque)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "English: devil's advocate (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "pt",
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "calque"
          },
          "expansion": "(calque)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: advogado do diabo (calque)"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From advocātus (“advocate”) + diabolī (“of the devil”) the genitive singular of diabolus (“the devil”). Literally meaning \"the devil's advocate\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "advocātus diabolī",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "advocātus diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "advocātum diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "advocātōs diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "advocātō diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "advocāte diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "advocātī diabolī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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        "the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church whose role it is to argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint."
      ],
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        [
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          "saint",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
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      "ipa": "[äd̪voˈkäːt̪us d̪iˈäːboli]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}