vocation
n.
calling; career, profession; capability, skill
Vocation
The term "vocation" should not be confused with
vocational education.A vocation is an
occupation, either professional or
voluntary, that is carried out more for its
altruistic benefit than for
income, which might be regarded as a secondary aspect of the vocation, however beneficial. Vocations can be seen as fulfilling a
psychological or
spiritual need for the worker, and the term can also be used to describe any occupation for which a person is specifically
gifted, and usually implies that the worker has a form of "calling" for the task. The word "vocation" comes from the
Latin vocare, meaning "to call"; , however, its usage before the sixteenth century, particularly in the
Vulgate, refers to the calling of all mankind to salvation, with its more modern usage of a life-task first employed by
Martin Luther.
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vocation
Noun
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained
(synonym) career, calling
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism
2. a body of people doing the same kind of work
(synonym) occupational group
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) profession, community
vocation (f)
n.
vocation, calling
Vocation
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
(n.)
A calling by the will of God.
(n.)
A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
(n.)
A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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