Examples of 'avocation' in a sentence

Meaning of "avocation"

Avocation refers to a hobby or secondary occupation that a person engages in for enjoyment or as a pastime, rather than as a primary source of income
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  • A calling away; a diversion.
  • A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
  • That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
  • Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

How to use "avocation" in a sentence

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His principal avocation was playing chamber music.
William was trained as a physician and was by avocation a geologist.
His avocation was the study of comparative religion.
This may be a matter of style and avocation.
An avocation was introduced to the world at that time.
And that could lead to a new avocation.
He has inherited this avocation from his ancestors.
Woman of the town plying her avocation.
His avocation was the orchestra.
I seem to have stumbled on this new avocation.
His vocation and avocation are one and the same.
Mechanics had been a long time avocation.
His principal avocation was poetry.
Canadian women of achievement by profession or avocation.
The avocation of spiritual causes from ecclesiastical to lay courts.

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His vocation allowed him to indulge his avocation.
His vocation and avocation are the pursuit of beautiful women.
And her decidedly unwholesome avocation.
An avocation that became a vocation.
Her hobby was also her avocation.
Turning avocation into vocation.
They play music strictly as an avocation.
Her avocation was mathematics.
But a fisher of men by avocation.
His avocation was gaming.
Bernie is a PhD economist by education and a sustainability consultant by avocation.
My work and avocation.
An avocation is an activity that someone engages in as a hobby outside their main occupation.
This has become my avocation.
He pursues this extreme avocation not for sport but to gain valuable insights.
Passion and hobby as an avocation.
Casanova proclaimed that his life avocation was firmly established by this encounter.
Restaurant keeping is my avocation.
Vervoordt did not consider this avocation a potential profession and went off to university to study economics.
Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
I am a physicist by avocation although I am making my living in other ways nowadays.
Shopping is her avocation.
He is also known for his avocation of the restoration of a Tudor farmhouse.
She shall be regarded and treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Some people believe photography comes from an avocation and might be developed overtime.
My vast understanding of autographs proves that experience is the most important in this avocation.
Dairy farming was an avocation for Amedeo.
The vast majority of competition around the world involves officials that participate as an avocation.
In both my vocation at Robin Hood and my avocation as a volunteer firefighter.
Mary Straus researches canine health and nutrition topics as an avocation.
Avocation of the Deed would be the most stereotypical nihilist political position.
Clowning is my avocation.
His avocation had been the observation of Sharon Fields.
This video may better illustrate how much the avocation has escalated.
I strategically sought out a new avocation which I could sustain for the rest of my working life.

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