lifework

[ lahyf-wurk ]

noun

Origin of lifework

First recorded in 1870–75; life + work

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In 1966, George E. Vaillant, a 32 year-old psychiatrist, was put in charge of the study, and it became his lifework.
What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life | Dan Slater | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
His keen practical nature grasped the religious situation in Paris (City and University), and suggested his lifework.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) | Thomas M. Lindsay
We've had several lifework meetings lately, and the needs of the world have been pretty strongly stated.
John Wesley, Jr. | Dan B. Brummitt
It is revealed in every enterprise he undertook, in every book he wrote, in his whole lifework.
History of Education | Levi Seeley
The nobility of their lifework is woven and cemented deeply in the hearts of the people.
The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV | Various

I may as well add a few more such extracts, as strictly within the text of "My lifework."
My Life as an Author | Martin Farquhar Tupper

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