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avocational

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  1. of or involved in an avocation

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  • The novel, The Shakespeare Chronicles, was begun almost immediately but, like many avocational belles lettres, took a long time to finish. Stromata Blog:
  • Factors that determined whether lifestyle was controllable were the number of practice hours per week, the number of call nights, and the time for pursuit of avocational activities.
  • Manil Suri's avocational interests include painting and cooking, which he claims are the only respites from the horror of being a mathematician and a writer. Manil Suri biography
  • But for many others who delve into the vast realm of history in the public domain, whether avocational historians or full-time promoters of a particular historical vision, these imperatives are not so clear.
  • Also, I noted that many of these individuals were lonely, isolated, unoccupied in either vocational or avocational ways, and were established in daily habits that marked them as mentally ill.
  • It was fascinating to read the biographies of these fine avocational musicians in the program — one is an ear, nose and throat surgeon; another is a special-education teacher. A Remarkably Inventive A Cappella Premiere
  • For the past several years I've made an avocational study of Jesus and his followers in their historical context, namely the two hundred years from 100 BCE to 100 CE, with particular attention to the question of what we can reasonably think Jesus said versus what others said he said or said about him. I'm Down With Jesus -- It's Christ That Gives Me Problems
  • Men with avocational interests in military affairs organized uniformed militia units, voluntarily meeting to train and purchasing their own uniforms.
  • Historical writings by vocational as well as avocational historians are rife with such writing, usually for the purpose of furthering the writer's agenda.
  • With the exception of what I can only assume is a small army of Aspen cocaine dealers, the outlaws in these mountains are mostly in it for the kicks: avocational outlaws. CHASING the WHITE DOG
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