vocation

vocation
vocation (n.) early 15c., "spiritual calling," from L. vocationem (nom. vocatio), lit. "a calling," from vocatus "called," pp. of vocare "to call" (see VOICE (Cf. voice)). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s.

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  • VOCATION — VOCATI Le sens du terme «vocation» tel qu’il était employé naguère dans le langage chrétien est dévié par rapport à son origine biblique. Le mot qui appartient en réalité au langage de la révélation est «appel» (klêsis ), qui rejoint le verbe… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Vocation — Vo*ca tion (v[ o]*k[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. vocatio a bidding, invitation, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F. vocation. See {Vocal}.] 1. A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vocation — vo‧ca‧tion [vəʊˈkeɪʆn ǁ voʊ ] noun [countable] JOBS a job, especially one that involves helping people, that you do because you enjoy it or because you have a strong feeling that it is the purpose of your life to do it: • As a nurse, she felt… …   Financial and business terms

  • vocation — Vocation. s. f. Mouvement interieur par lequel Dieu appelle une personne à quelque genre de vie, pour le servir & l honorer. Répondre, resister à la vocation. ce n est pas sa vocation d estre d Eglise. il faut examiner sa vocation. On appelle, La …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • vocation — index appointment (position), business (occupation), calling, career, employment, job, labor ( …   Law dictionary

  • Vocation — Vocation, Ruf; Berufung, besonders zu einem geistlichen Amte …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • vocation — [n] life’s work art, business, calling, career, craft, do*, dodge*, duty, employment, field, game, handicraft, job, lifework, line*, line of business*, métier, mission, nine tofive*, occupation, office, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, role,… …   New thesaurus

  • vocation — ► NOUN 1) a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. 2) a person s employment or main occupation, especially one requiring dedication. 3) a trade or profession. ORIGIN Latin, from vocare to call …   English terms dictionary

  • vocation — [vō kā′shən] n. [ME vocacion < LL(Ec) vocatio, a calling < L, an invitation, court summons < vocare, to call < vox,VOICE] 1. a) a call, summons, or impulsion to perform a certain function or enter a certain career, esp. a religious… …   English World dictionary

  • vocation — (vo ka sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action d appeler, qui ne se dit qu au figuré et en parlant des appels que Dieu fait à l homme. •   Jésus Christ n a point voulu du témoignage des démons, ni de ceux qui n avaient pas vocation …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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