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vo·ca·tion    Audio Help   [voh-key-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–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.
4.a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME vocacio(u)n < L vocātiōn- (s. of vocātiō) a call, summons, equiv. to vocāt(us) ptp. of vocāre to call (see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion]

1. employment, pursuit.
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vo·ca·tion    Audio Help   (vō-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
  2. An inclination, as if in response to a summons, to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; a calling.


[Middle English vocacioun, divine call to a religious life, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō, vocātiōn-, a calling, from vocātus, past participle of vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vocation 
1426, "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 1553.

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vocation

noun
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career
2. a body of people doing the same kind of work [syn: occupational group

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vocation1 [vəˈkeiʃən, (American) vou-] noun
a feeling of having been called (by God), or born etc, to do a particular type of work
Example: He had a sense of vocation about his work as a doctor.
Arabic: دَعْوَة إلى الكَهْنوت، نِداء
Chinese (Simplified): 神召,天命, 天职
Chinese (Traditional): 神召,天命, 天職
Czech: poslání
Danish: kald
Dutch: roeping
Estonian: kutsumus
Finnish: kutsumus
French: vocation
German: die Berufung
Greek: αποστολή
Hungarian: elhivatottság
Icelandic: köllun
Indonesian: panggilan hidup
Italian: vocazione
Japanese: 使命
Korean: 소명, 신의 부르심
Latvian: aicinājums
Lithuanian: pašaukimas
Norwegian: kall
Polish: powołanie
Portuguese (Brazil): vocação
Portuguese (Portugal): vocação
Romanian: vo­caţie
Russian: призвание
Slovak: poslanie
Slovenian: dar
Spanish: vocación
Swedish: kall, kallelse
Turkish: yatkınlık, yetenek
vocation2 [vəˈkeiʃən, (American) vou-] noun
the work done, profession entered etc (as a result of such a feeling)
Example: Nursing is her vocation; Many people regard teaching as a vocation.
Arabic: وَظيفَه، مِهْنَه
Chinese (Simplified): 职业
Chinese (Traditional): 職業
Czech: poslání
Danish: kald
Dutch: roeping
Estonian: kutsetöö
Finnish: kutsumusammatti
French: vocation
German: die Berufung
Greek: λειτούργημα, επάγγελμα
Hungarian: hivatás
Icelandic: köllun; starfsgrein, fag
Indonesian: pekerjaan
Italian: vocazione
Japanese: 天職
Korean: 천직; 직업
Latvian: profesija; nodarbošanās
Lithuanian: pašaukimas
Norwegian: yrke, fag(område)
Polish: powołanie
Portuguese (Brazil): vocação
Portuguese (Portugal): vocação
Romanian: carieră
Russian: призвание
Slovak: povolanie
Slovenian: poslanstvo
Spanish: vocación
Swedish: kall
Turkish: meslek, iş
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vocation

Vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. vocatio a bidding, invitation, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F. vocation. See Vocal.]

1. A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

What can be urged for them who not having the vocation of poverty to scribble, out of mere wantonness make themselves ridiculous? --Dryden.

2. Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

He would think his service greatly rewarded, if he might obtain by that means to live in the sight of his prince, and yet practice his own chosen vocation. --Sir. P. Sidney.

3. (Theol.) A calling by the will of God. Specifically: (a) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel. "The golden chain of vocation, election, and justification." --Jer. Taylor. (b) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

Every member of the same [the Church], in his vocation and ministry. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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