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1. (n.) vocation
a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2. vocation
a strong inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
3. vocation
a divine call to a religious life.
4. vocation
a function or station, esp. a religious life, to which one is called by God.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L vocātiō a call, summons =vocā(re) to call +-tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) career, calling, vocation
the particular occupation for which you are trained
2. (noun) occupational group, vocation
a body of people doing the same kind of work
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Vocation
a call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession
2. (noun) Vocation
destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession
3. (noun) Vocation
a calling by the will of God
4. (noun) Vocation
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
5. (noun) Vocation
a call to special religious work, as to the ministry
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Sense: a feeling of having been called (by God), or born etc, to do a particular type of work
He had a sense of vocation about his work as a doctor.
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 Afrikaans: beroep, roeping |
 Arabic: دَعْوَة إلى الكَهْنوت، نِ |
 Bulgarian: призвание |
 Brazilian: vocação |
 Czech: poslání |
 German: die Berufung |
 Danish: kald |
 Greek: αποστολή |
 Spanish: vocación |
 Estonian: kutsumus |
 Farsi: احساس وظیفه |
 Finnish: kutsumus |
 French: vocation |
 Hebrew: שְׁלִיחוּת, יִיעוּד |
 Hindi: व्यवसाय |
 Croatian: duhovno zvanje |
 Hungarian: elhivatottság |
 Indonesian: panggilan hidup |
 Icelandic: köllun |
 Italian: vocazione |
 Japanese: 使命 |
 Korean: 하느님의 부르심 |
 Lithuanian: pašaukimas |
 Latvian: aicinājums |
 Malay: mendapat seru |
 Dutch: roeping |
 Norwegian: kall |
 Polish: powołanie |
 Persian: احساس وظیفه |
 Pashto: بلنه، راغوښتنه: مسلك تخصص |
 Portuguese: vocação |
 Romanian: vocaţie |
 Russian: призвание |
 Slovak: poslanie |
 Slovenian: dar |
 Serbian: božji poziv |
 Swedish: kall, kallelse |
 Thai: เสียงเรียกร้องจากพระเจ้า; |
 Turkish: yatkınlık, yetenek |
 Taiwanese: 神召，天職 |
 Ukrainian: покликання |
 Urdu: باطني آواز |
 Vietnamese: năng khiếu |
 Chinese: 神召，使命，天职 |
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