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vo·ca·tion (vō kā′s̸hən)

noun

    1. a call, summons, or impulsion to perform a certain function or enter a certain career, esp. a religious one
    2. the function or career toward which one believes oneself to be called
  2. any trade, profession, or occupation

Etymology: ME vocacion < LL(Ec) vocatio, a calling < L, an invitation, court summons < vocare, to call < vox, voice

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vocation Synonyms

vocation

n.

  1. The work for which one has prepared

    calling, mission, pursuit; see profession 1.

  2. The work at which one is engaged

    employment, trade, occupation, duty, undertaking; see also job 1.


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vocation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • foster: We need to foster vocations, particularly young vocations.

Adjective modifier

  • priestly: Fischer said, My priestly vocation, the source of my happiness, I owe to almighty God.

Modifies a noun

  • training: Just over half of IT boffins say they wish theyâd learned on the job or done vocation training rather than gone to uni.

Noun used with modifier

  • missionary: The strength of the experiential interpretation of the missionary vocation is also under-estimated.

Possessives

  • word: But if you look for the use of the word ' vocation ' in an NHS document the picture is very different.

Preposition: in

  • life: My vocation in life was to turn the hobby into a career.

Preposition: of

  • church: A vision seeks to identify the corporate and specific vocation of the church.
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vocation quotes

We have a faith in the imperishable dignityof man; in the high vocation to which, throughout this his earthly history, he has been appointed.

-Carlyle,Thomas

Am I prepared to lay down my life for the British female? Really, who knows?† Ah, for a child in the street I could strike; for the full- blown ladyö Somehow, Eustace, alas! I have not felt the vocation.

-Clough, Arthur Hugh

Yo soy un artista. El placer de la carne le resta fuerzas a mi vocacio¤ n  picto¤  rica, prefiero sentir que los jugos de mi sexo fluyen hacia un cuadro, lo irrigan, lo fertilizan, lo realzan; ca¤  strame el goce de la carne, satisfa¤  ceme el goce del arte. Iamanartist.The pleasure ofthefleshrobsstrengthfrom myartistic vocation, I prefer to feel my sexual juices flow toward a painting, wash over it, fertilize it, realize it; the delights of the flesh castrate me, the delights of art satisfy me.

-Fuentes, Carlos

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