avocation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A calling away; a diversion.

   “But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.”

2. isim A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.

   “But yield who will to their separation, My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight.”

3. isim That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
4. isim Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

   “[W]hen his other more momentous Avocations of Pedantry and Pedagogiſm vvill give him an Interval from VVrath and Contention, he vvill ſet apart a Moment to conſider humane Nature Deviliz'd, and give us a Mathematical Anatomical Deſcription of it; […]”

5. isim The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.