vocation
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ʃən noun
1.
a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2.
a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
3.
a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a specified occupation, profession, or trade |
| 2. | a. a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one |
| b. such a calling or career | |
| [C15: from Latin vocātiō a calling, from vocāre to call] | |
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Word Origin & History
vocation
early 15c., "spiritual calling," from L. vocationem (nom. vocatio), lit. "a calling," from vocatus "called," pp. of vocare "to call" (see voice). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s.
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Example sentences
Although he could not have known it at the time, he had found his life's vocation.
They have a calling, a vocation, to explore and transmit and encourage the development of knowledge.
Abbey held that his main vocation was as iconoclastic litterateur defending natural wilderness and freedom.
Because ultimately, salary is merely a measure of the worth society places on a given vocation.
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