advocatus diaboli
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How to use advocatus diaboli in a sentence
Still, I must confess that, in advancing these arguments, I feel somewhat like an advocatus diaboli.
A Librarian's Open Shelf | Arthur E. BostwickDiscussion of the eternal servant problem is apt to be one-sided; it was quite time that we heard from the advocatus diaboli.
Then Arnold, or Arnold's secret advocatus diaboli, began upon another and quite different line.
In Luck at Last | Walter BesantThe dramatist played the advocatus diaboli very cleverly, and the other side felt that its case had been stated fairly.
Our Stage and Its Critics | "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"Jimmy, advocatus diaboli in the matter, put the case for wrong-doing as strongly as he could.
The Smuggler's Cave | George A. Birmingham
British Dictionary definitions for advocatus diaboli
/ Latin (ˌædvəˈkɑːtəs daɪˈæbəˌlaɪ) /
another name for the devil's advocate
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