vocation
NOUN:
1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
3. a specified occupation, profession, or trade.
4. the work in which a person is employed; occupation.
5. the persons engaged in a particular occupation.
6. the special function of an individual or group.
of God, religion:
1. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.
2. a function or station in life to which one is called by God:
the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.
3. a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one.
4. such a calling or career.
5. a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action, especially a divine call to the religious life.
6. an entry into the priesthood or a religious order.
Examples from Merriam-Webster:
This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation; people who follow a religious vocation.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English vocacio(u)n<Latin vocātiōn- (stem of vocātiō) a call, summons, equivalent to vocāt(us) past participle of vocāre to call (see -ate1) + -iōn--ion. Dictionary 2: C15: from Latin vocātiō a calling, from vocāre to call. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of vocation: 15th century. History and Etymology for vocation: Middle English vocacioun, from Anglo-French vocaciun, from Latin vocation-, vocatio summons, from vocare to call, from vox voice — more at voice. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
3. a specified occupation, profession, or trade.
4. the work in which a person is employed; occupation.
5. the persons engaged in a particular occupation.
6. the special function of an individual or group.
of God, religion:
1. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.
2. a function or station in life to which one is called by God:
the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.
3. a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one.
4. such a calling or career.
5. a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action, especially a divine call to the religious life.
6. an entry into the priesthood or a religious order.
Examples from Merriam-Webster:
This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation; people who follow a religious vocation.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English vocacio(u)n<Latin vocātiōn- (stem of vocātiō) a call, summons, equivalent to vocāt(us) past participle of vocāre to call (see -ate1) + -iōn--ion. Dictionary 2: C15: from Latin vocātiō a calling, from vocāre to call. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of vocation: 15th century. History and Etymology for vocation: Middle English vocacioun, from Anglo-French vocaciun, from Latin vocation-, vocatio summons, from vocare to call, from vox voice — more at voice. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.