Usually means: Secondary occupation, pursued for enjoyment.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. avocation: Merriam-Webster
  2. avocation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. avocation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. avocation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. avocation: Vocabulary.com
  6. avocation: Wordnik
  7. avocation: Wiktionary
  8. avocation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. avocation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. avocation: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Avocation, avocation: Dictionary.com
  12. avocation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Avocation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Avocation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. avocation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. avocation: Rhymezone
  17. Avocation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. avocation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. avocation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. avocation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. avocation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. avocation: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. avocation: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. avocation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (avocation)

noun:  (obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
noun:  A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
noun:  That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
noun:  Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
noun:  The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.

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