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Synonyms for avocation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : av-uh-key-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæv əˈkeɪ ʃən |
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Définition of avocation
Origin :- 1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare, from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).
- noun hobby
- Petrarca, in his avocation of barber, was in the greatest request.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
- The girl of the future will select her own avocation and take her own training for it.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- He will find that in assuming our avocation he also has assumed our degradation.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- A woman with eyes like that would not be safe alone in any avocation where men could observe her.
- Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
- I would not like to hurt your feelings by calling your avocation a trade!
- Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- They were a gay group of men, and hospitality was their avocation.
- Extract from : « Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror » by Richard Linthicum
- The avocation of a colonist, usually so active, had little interest for me.
- Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- But when he saw Mrs. Cristie her avocation was one in which he could not take part.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel Inn » by Frank R. Stockton
- It was no accident that the hero of the play was a lawyer by vocation and avocation.
- Extract from : « The Jewish State » by Theodor Herzl
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