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vocations

vocations is the plural of vocation.

Meaning of vocation

Noun

vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)

  1. (Ecclesiastical) 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.
  2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
    • Nursing is a vocation that many people find horrendous.

Questions about vocations

What is vocations the plural of?
Vocations is the plural of vocation.

Words near vocations in the dictionary

  1. vocationalizes
  2. vocationalizing
  3. vocationally
  4. vocationer
  5. vocationers
  6. vocations
  7. vocative
  8. vocative case
  9. vocative cases
  10. vocatively
  11. vocatives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vocations (page history and authors); vocation (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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