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Av`o*ca"tion (&unr_;), n. [L. avocatio.] 1. A calling away; a diversion. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Impulses to duty, and powerful avocations from sin. South.
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2. That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
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Heaven is his vocation, and therefore he counts earthly employments avocations. Fuller.
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By the secular cares and avocations which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. Atterbury.
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&hand_; In this sense the word is applied to the smaller affairs of life, or occasional calls which summon a person to leave his ordinary or principal business. Avocation (in the singular) for vocation is usually avoided by good writers.
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3. pl. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
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There are professions, among the men, no more favorable to these studies than the common avocations of women. Richardson.
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In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay.
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An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.
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