vocare

I gave the closing reflection at the conference and talked about how the Latin word vocare, "to call," is at the root of the word "advocacy"; I talked how I feel called to do what I can, as much as I can, to change myself and the world to make things better, safer, good and right for Charlie.

Autism Hub 2009

Another Latin word, vox, is related to the word vocare and I named my old blog "Autism Vox" ---- which I wrote kind of lot of posts for from March of 2006 to the first week of this year, 2009 ---- with the phrase

Autism Hub 2009

The word 'calling', comes from the Latin vocare, meaning to call.

Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories 2010

And I have a good job that earns a good salary, but I know that it isn't my "vocare" (or vocation, calling).

Ms. Adventures in Italy 2009

The word "calling," or "vocation," has explicitly religious roots; derived from the Latin vocare, or "to call," the terms originated in the Catholic Church as a way of referring to the inclination for a religious life as a priest, monk, or nun.

Chris Stedman: Do Only Religious People Have A 'Calling'? Chris Stedman 2011

The word "calling," or "vocation," has explicitly religious roots; derived from the Latin vocare, or "to call," the terms originated in the Catholic Church as a way of referring to the inclination for a religious life as a priest, monk, or nun.

Chris Stedman: Do Only Religious People Have A 'Calling'? Chris Stedman 2011

It derives from Latin advocatus, from the past participle of advocare to summon, from ad- + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice.

Attorney, Lawyer, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary (English) Rene Meertens 2010

It derives from Latin advocatus, from the past participle of advocare to summon, from ad- + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice.

Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010

Altera trans-Rhenana ingressa sepulchrum recens apertum, vidit cadaver, et domum subito reversa putavit eam vocare, post paucos dies obiit, proximo sepulchre collocata.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Per hoc autem nobis innuitur, quod & paruulos vocare debemus ad fidem per baptismum. back

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005