- a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
- a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.
- a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.
- a specified occupation, profession, or trade
- a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one
- such a calling or career