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   vocation

   /və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation: "not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors"
   • ▪ a person's employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication: "her vocation as a poet"
   • ▪ a trade or profession: "GNVQs in Leisure and Tourism will be the introduction to a wide span of vocations"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n-), from vocare ‘to call’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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