Vocation

·noun A calling by the will of God.

II. Vocation ·noun A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

III. Vocation ·noun Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

IV. Vocation ·noun A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

V. Vocation ·noun The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.