vocation

noun
/voʊˈkeɪʃən/US/vəʊˈkeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiōnembor. Old French vocationbor. Middle English vocacioun English vocation From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.

  1. derived from vocātiō
  2. derived from vocation
  3. inherited from vocacioun

Definitions

  1. 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.

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Derived

vocational

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vocation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vocation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at vocation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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