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Noun: avocation  ,a-vu'key-shun
  1. An auxiliary activity
    "Photography was her avocation, while teaching remained her primary career";
    - by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity

Derived forms: avocations

Type of: interest, pastime, pursuit

Encyclopedia: Avocation