AVOCATION
\ˌavəkˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌavəkˈeɪʃən], \ˌa_v_ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of AVOCATION
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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Formerly and properly, a diversion or distraction from one's regular employment: now one's proper business-VOCATION: business which calls for one's time and attention.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Originally the act of calling aside, or diverting from one's proper calling, or that which does so; now that calling, business, trade, or profession itself.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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