vocation
Syllables: vo·ca·tionUK/vəʊˈkeɪʃən//voʊˈkeɪʃən/
vocation noun: a divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
Noun
vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)
- A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
- The Catholic Church supports and teaches us that there are three vocations: the single life, married life, and the religious life or priesthood.
- An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
- Nursing is a vocation that many people find horrendous.
vocation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
vocation in Tamil
- வாழ்க்கைத் தொழில், தொழில், செய்தொழில்
vocation in Urdu
- دھندا, کسب, مشغلہ, پیشہ, شغل, وظیفہ
vocation in Malayalam
- ജീവനം, യോഗ്യത, തൊഴിൽ, ജോലി
vocation in Kannada
- ಕೆಲಸ, ಪಳಗಿಕೆ, ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ, ಒಲವು, ಸಹಜಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, ಉದ್ಯೋಗ
More languagesFewer languages
- vocation in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰਜ kāraj
- vocation in Arabic
- رِسَالَة risāla, نداء, اختيار لغرض دينيّ, دعوَة
- vocation in Indonesian
- vokasi
Examples of vocation in a sentence
- The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.
- One can enter Swiftiedom at any level: avocation or vocation, background music or full-time job.
- The colleges were male bastions, and academic study was meant to be a semi-monastic vocation.
Forms of vocation
| plural | vocations |
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Origin of vocation
From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.
Words formed from vocation
Questions about vocation
- What does vocation mean?
- Vocation means a divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
- What is vocation in Tamil?
- Vocation in Tamil is வாழ்க்கைத் தொழில், தொழில், செய்தொழில். See Vocation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vocation?
- Vocation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vocation?
- Vocation is pronounced /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vocation?
- The plural of vocation is vocations.
Words near vocation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vocation (page history and authors); vocation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vocation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vocation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vocation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਾਰਜ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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