devil's advocate

Etymology
, a popular title given to the officer dealing with the canonization process in the 16th c.

Noun

 * 1)  One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.
 * 2)  A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.
 * 1)  A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.
 * 1)  A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُحَامِي الشَّيْطَان
 * Catalan: advocat del diable
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 惡魔的代言人, 魔鬼的訟辯人
 * Czech: ďáblův advokát
 * Danish: djævelens advokat
 * Dutch: advocaat van de duivel
 * Finnish: paholaisen asianajaja
 * French:
 * German: des Teufels Advokat,
 * Greek:, δικηγόρος του διαβόλου
 * Hungarian: az ördög ügyvédje
 * Italian: avvocato del diavolo
 * Japanese: 悪魔の代弁者
 * Korean: 악마의 변호인
 * Norwegian: djevelens advokat
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: avocatul diavolului
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: abogado del diablo
 * Swedish: djävulens advokat
 * Tagalog: sugo ng diyablo
 * Ukrainian: адвока́т дия́вола


 * Catalan: advocat del diable
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 列聖審查官
 * Czech: ďáblův advokát
 * Danish: djævelens advokat
 * Finnish: paholaisen asianajaja
 * German: des Teufels Advokat,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פרקליט השטן
 * Italian: avvocato del diavolo
 * Japanese: 列聖調査審問検事
 * Latin: advocatus diaboli
 * Norwegian: djevelens advokat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: avocatul diavolului
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: abogado del diablo
 * Tagalog: sugo ng diyablo


 * French:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Verb

 * 1)  To play devil's advocate.