a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action, esp a divine call to the religious life
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves — Logan Pearsall Smith
an entry into the priesthood or a religious order
the work in which a person is regularly employed; a career
the special function of an individual or group
[Middle English vocacioun a divine call to do certain work, from Latin vocation-, vocatio summons, from vocare to call]